Steve Kuusisto will speak Thursday July 24 at Diversity Focus' Brown Bag Lunch Series, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce, 325 E. Washington St. No. 100, Iowa City, Iowa.
The event is free and open to the public. Kuusisto will present "Universal Design and the Town Square: Why Disability Affects Everyone." He will discuss disability history and the development of new models of accessibility.
Kuusisto is an author and holds a dual appointment at the University of Iowa, where he teaches courses in creative nonfiction and serves as a public humanities scholar in the University of Iowa College of Medicine. He speaks widely on diversity, disability, education and public policy. For more information, call 363-3707.