Barbara L. Kornblau, JD, OTR/L, FAOTA, DASPE, CCM, CDMS, CPE is an attorney, an occupational therapist, a certified case manager, a certified disability management specialist, and a person with a disability. She is a professor, (working remotely) and Program Director of Idaho State University’s Occupational Therapy Program and a national disability rights advocate. She is a consultant to the United Spinal Association's Pathways to Employment Program. A former Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, she worked in the U.S. Senate on health and disability issues for Senators Harkin and Rockefeller. She put together the coalition that got the word “disability” in the Affordable Care Act everywhere “racial and ethnic” appears, and has played a key role in advocacy for disability data collection. She is a Past President of the American Occupational Therapy Association and as an occupational therapist, she has consulted with employers, developers, local governments, and others on making things accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As an attorney, she litigated cases under the ADA, involving discrimination in employment, state and local government services, and health care services. Dr. Kornblau has presented nationally and internationally, and is widely published.
