Dr.  Maureen McCue will read from her candid, behind the curtains consideration of disability and being human, Dancing In A Disabled World.

“I appreciated McCue’s attention to the lived realities of a child who later becomes the adult with developmental and cognitive disabilities.” – Kris Nagel, Psychologist

“Maureen McCue’s stunningly candid and immersive memoir raises and addresses crucial questions for the individual and for social policy of how to best support and care for all described here. As we all have special needs.”- Mary Simmons, Editor

Maureen McCue is an adjunct clinical assistant professor in The University of Iowa Colleges of Public Health and Liberal Arts and Sciences. She is a founding member, faculty, and former Director of the University of Iowa Global Health Studies Program. Prof. McCue has been coordinator of the Iowa Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility for 10 years and has worked as a physician for a local women’s clinic for over 16 years. She was a founding member of the UICHR’s former executive board.