Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine AADMD Chapter
2023-08-29 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry Chapter lecture. (Virtual)

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Workshop #1
2023-08-30 13:00 - 15:00 | PCOM Philadelphia
1st Year Student Lecture and Workshop 1 of 3
MISSION AND COMMITMENTS
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) is dedicated to the education of students in medicine, health and behavioral sciences.
OUR MISSION
Educating health professionals to care for the whole person and advance the health of diverse communities.

Outside Voices Returns to Positive Exposure Every Thursday
2023-09-01 - 2023-12-31
Our Resident Poetry Group Returns.
Poetry, Theater, and Shakespeare every Thursday at Positive Exposure!
We are about advocacy, empowerment, out-of-the-box-thinking and disability pride. We chose our name because we believe that VOICES from the OUTSIDE deserve to be heard. We believe in access. We will not use our quiet, inside voices to get your attention.

Creighton University Community-Based Photo Exhibition
2023-09-06 - 2023-10-06
POSITIVE EXPOSURE: Change How You See, See How You Change
Featuring photographs by Rick Guidotti
In the media:
ID: screenshot from a news video of a young man looking and pointing at a portrait of himself: a close-up photograph of a young, light-skinned boy with dark hair and green eyes hanging on a gallery wall.
Exhibition: September 8 – October 6
Opening Reception: Friday, September 8, 4-6 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
POSITIVE EXPOSURE: Change How You See, See How You Change is a celebration of human diversity. The exhibition provides the opportunity to see beyond disease, beyond diagnosis, to the beauty and richness of human diversity. Rick Guidotti, is the founder of POSITIVE EXPOSURE, a non-profit organization that promotes a more inclusive world through award winning photography, film, and educational programs. https://positiveexposure.org/
Parking is located next to the Lied Education Center for the Arts on the corner of 24th and Cass streets. Additional parking can be found here: https://www.creighton.edu/reservations/parkinganddirections/
402.280.2290 | liedartgallery@creighton.edu | Facebook: creightonuniversityliedartgallery https://www.creighton.edu/ccas/fineandperformingarts/liedartgallery/
2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178
POSITIVE EXPOSURE: Change How You See, See How You Change is made possible by the Richard L. Deming, MD, Endowed Chair in Medical Humanities. All Department of Fine and Performing Arts events are funded, in part, by the generous support of the Richard and Mary McCormick Endowment Fund for the Fine and Performing Arts, the Grace Keenan Fund, the Anne Scheerer Fund, and other anonymous sources.

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Workshop #2
2023-09-06 13:00 - 15:00 | PCOM Philadelphia
1st Year Student Lecture and Workshop 2 of 3
MISSION AND COMMITMENTS
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) is dedicated to the education of students in medicine, health and behavioral sciences.
OUR MISSION
Educating health professionals to care for the whole person and advance the health of diverse communities.

Pediatric Grand Rounds @ Jacobi Medical Center
2023-09-12 08:30 - 09:30 | Jacobi Medical Center, Building 4, 2nd Floor, Side B.
Pediatric Grand Rounds at Jacobi Medical Center on Tuesday September 12, 2023 from at 8:30 A.M. to 9:30 A. M.

Weill Cornell Medical College
2023-09-12 11:00 - 12:00
22nd Presentation to First Year Medical Students.
So much has changed since that 1st presentation.
About Weill Cornell
The core of Weill Cornell medical education is the integration of patient care and scientific study. We develop individuals who not only recognize and dedicate themselves to the highest quality of patient care, but who also understand the responsibility of contribution through personal scholarship.

Sickle Cell Awareness Event
2023-09-23 13:00 - 17:00 | Positive Exposure Gallery, 83 Maiden Lane, New York, NY, 10038
Image Description (ID): On a pale yellow background is the following text: Sickle Cell Awareness Event, Saturday, September 23, 1pm – 5pm. Film Screening at 3pm. Panel Discussion, Digital Exhibition, With thanks to the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. POSITIVE EXPOSURE, 14 E.109th St. New York, NY. At center is a photograph of five people with dark skin standing in front of a sign that says Sickle Cell Awareness Foundation Corp Int, HEALTH IS POWER. Over the photo the bottom of the graphic is the red and white logo for this foundation, with two hearts at center. Beneath the photo is the Mother Cabrini logo.

ID: Close-up portrait of a woman with dark skin, wearing sunglasses, smiling, and waving at the camera.

ID: Portrait of a young woman and older man with dark skin standing together and smiling.

ID: A dark-skinnned man wearing a red hat and two dark-skinned women wearing sunglasses pose for the camera.

ID: Close-up portrait of a dark-skinned woman gazing into the camera and smiling.

PG Chambers School Photoshoot (New Jersey)
2023-09-26 09:00 - 16:00
Fun day photographing a million kids at this awesome school! PG Chambers School.

The Prismatic Lens of Lizzie Tian
2023-09-28 - 2023-11-01 | Positive Exposure Gallery, 83 Maiden Lane, New York, NY, 10038
Image Description: On a multi-colored background is the following text: “POSITIVE EXPOSURE GALLERY, The Prismatic Lens of Lizzie Tian. Pure Vision Arts. September 28 – November 1, 2023. Positive Exposure, 14 E. 109th St, NYC. Viewings by appointment. All are welcome!” Below is the New York Council on the Arts logo. 212-420-1931. At center is a grid featuring several of Lizzie’s paintings.
Guggenheim: The Art of Autism: A Window into the World of Neurodiversity
Lizzie Tian’s autism has profound imprints in her artwork. This exhibition reflects
Lizzie’s way of seeing, processing and engaging with her immediate environment.
Lizzie draws swiftly and colors quickly. Her process is intense and highly focused,
regulating her own sensory processing of new sights. Using simple and smooth
lines, Lizzie extracts the essence out of a complicated visual image. This series
includes subway portraits, pedestrians, landscapes and everyday objects.
Lizzie often uses only 3-5 colors for her pastel/oil pastel paintings. Each of the
colors is generously applied, which create intensity as well as clarity for her
paintings. Her rushed strokes and unique perspectives, expose Lizzie’s uncensored experiences.
There is something guiding Lizzie’s artworks that is specific to her personal
interpretation of the subject. She is always respectful of the subject’s own agency
and identity, whether it be a person, a bird, or an inanimate object. She paints
often with music in mind.
Each line is intentional and considerate in its scope: insightful yet informed by
history.
-Anthony Jay Ptak

Michigan Association of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference
2023-09-29 11:30 - 12:30
Blue and white DNA illustration and in white letters
Michigan Association of Genetic Counselors
2023 Annual Education Conference Agenda
Friday September 29,2023Crown Plaza Lansing West, Lansing MI
*speaker will be joining virtually

PE Photography Exhibition and Programming at U of Michigan
2023-10-01 08:00 - 2023-11-30 17:00 | University of Michigan Medical School
This fall, Positive Exposure will have a photography exhibit at the University of Michigan Medical School, along with accompanying programming.

Hispanic Heritage Awareness Month Celebration
2023-10-01 13:00 - 15:00
Image Description (ID): On a pale blue and pink background is the following text from top to bottom: Disability in the Hispanic Community. Celebrating beauty, diversity, and family bonds during Hispanic Heritage Month. Gallery Day! Join AADMD, LMSA, and SACNAS as we celebrate disability in the Hispanic community with Positive Exposure. Enjoy: Keynote speakers sharing their experiences as part of this community, photography unveiling, music, food, and refreshments. Sunday October 1st 1PM-3PM. Positive Exposure Gallery at: 14East 109th St. NY. Be sure to RSVP.
At the bottom right of the graphic is a QR code for the RSVP, a square with the Positive Exposure logo of a blonde young woman in a field, a blue and white logo for LMSA, a Green and white logo for SACNAS, a blue and white logo for AADMD and a blue and white logo for student governing board of Albert Einstein college of medicine.

On the left there are nine images described from top to bottom:
A young man with a blue knit, cap and blue scarf, smiling. Next row, a young woman smiling in a motorized wheelchair with a sleeveless blue and White striped shirt, to the right a family of four: a woman with a teal shirt, a man with a black shirt, a young man in a manual wheelchair wearing a black shirt, a girl in a motorized wheelchair wearing a denim dress. Next row, a young woman smirking with her hands through her hair, to the right a boy in a motorized wheelchair in a blue striped shirt. Next row, a woman and twins: the woman is wearing a blue shirt with a white cardigan and is standing between the twins on her right a young man with a pink shirt sitting in a motorized wheelchair on her left is a young man with a white shirt sitting in a motorized wheelchair. To the right is an image of a young boy in a white button down next to a young man sitting in a manual wheelchair wearing a white button down, next to them is a woman in a pink and blue dress. Next row, a young boy with blue glasses and a black shirt, next to him a woman with a white and red shirt, and next to her a young woman in a motorized wheelchair wearing a white shirt. Last row, a family of 7 all smiling, from left to right a man in a white polo, a young woman in a grew mock neck shirt, a young man in a black shirt, a little girl with a pink bow, a young woman in a denim shirt, a woman in a white blouse, and a young woman in a black shirt.

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Workshop #3
2023-10-04 13:00 - 15:00
1st Year Student Lecture and Workshop 3 of 3
MISSION AND COMMITMENTS
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) is dedicated to the education of students in medicine, health and behavioral sciences.
OUR MISSION
Educating health professionals to care for the whole person and advance the health of diverse communities.

GBS | CIDP Foundation International Symposium
2023-10-05 09:00 - 2023-10-07 17:00
Photography and Keynote
The GBS | CIDP Foundation International is a global nonprofit organization supporting individuals and their families affected by Guillain-Barre’ syndrome (GBS), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and related conditions through a commitment to support, education, research and advocacy.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN)

Sarah Lawrence Genetic Counseling Grad Students
2023-10-10 10:00 - 13:00
Gallery visit by students from the Joan H. Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics at Sarah Lawrence College.

Positive Exposure 2023 Gala
2023-10-12 18:00 - 21:00
At Riverside Church, Harlem NY

Angelman Syndrome Gallery Photoshoot
2023-10-15 11:00 - 16:00
Families stop by for fun and photography!!!
Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics!

NOAH watch party at PE Gallery
2023-10-15 18:00 - 21:00
National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation watch party gathering at gallery and virtually for get together, have fun and share talents!

Adults living with I/DD photographed and celebrated.
2023-10-16 08:00 - 17:00
@ The Gallery.
Interviews, photography and fun with our adults living with I/DD
A new POSITIVE EXPOSURE Initiative.

SUNY Downstate Dermatology Grand Rounds
2023-10-18 08:00 - 10:00
Grand Rounds and Resident Photography workshop.

Nashville: Kramer Davis Health Dental Clinic Positive Exposure Exhibition
2023-10-18 14:00 - 17:00
A permanent exhibition at Nashville’s Kramer Davis Specialty Dental Clinic.

Pulse of Art: Mount Sinai Residency program @ gallery
2023-10-19 17:30 - 19:00
Exploring the intersection of art and medical history @ Positive Exposure Gallery
The Pulse of Art program harnesses the power of art to hone observational skills, enhance empathy, illuminate the course of medical history, and respect others’ perspectives in the face of ambiguity.
The Pulse of Art: Connections Between the History of Art and the History of Medicine is a semester-long, interdisciplinary course that harnesses the power of significant works of art to increase the observational skills and empathic responses of medical students, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
Website

Living with XXY Photoshoot in Gallery
2023-10-21 10:00 - 15:00
Living with XXY friends and families gathered at the Positive Exposure Gallery for photos and fun and advocacy. AMAZING day!

Delta Dental Photoshoot in Detroit
2023-10-22 09:30 - 17:00
AN ongoing initiative to encourage dentists to see the beauty in difference and enthusiastically accept individuals living with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities into their practice.

Wolters Kluwer Publishing Team @ Positive Exposure Gallery
2023-10-25 14:00 - 16:00
Wolter Kluwer Publishing team visiting PE Gallery.
Publishers of UpToDate and many other medical books. Helping publishers to see the value in the Positive Exposure approach to humanity in medicine.

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
2023-10-25 15:30 - 18:30
AACAP October 23-28 2023 NYC American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry New York Hilton Midtown
Panel Discussion and Photo Exhibit
About the Panel
Description
The goal of this year’s James C. Harris, MD, Developmental Neuropsychiatry Forum is to highlight the theme of diversity and inclusion among children with neurodevelopmental and genetic syndromes. The two talks in this year’s forum approach this topic in different ways. The first talk is a multimedia presentation given by an award-winning photographer who illustrates the spirit of difference amongst children with genetic, intellectual, and behavioral differences. The second talk is given by an internationally renowned researcher who discusses mechanistic and treatment discovery in one specific genetic disorder, Fragile X, using precision medicine approaches. The two talks collectively highlight themes of heterogeneity in genetic and clinical presentations, societal acceptance and advocacy, and the importance of celebrating each individual as a unique and valued member of our society.
The first speaker, Mr. Rick Guidotti, is an award-winning international photographer, whose career initially began in the fashion industry where he worked for many high-profile companies around the globe. Mr. Guidotti’ s career focus expanded in 1997, after a chance encounter with a young lady living with albinism at a bus stop in New York City. After seeking out medical textbooks, he was affronted by the dehumanizing images depicting medical conditions. It was this experience which forced Rick to turn his lens from the more traditional ideas of beauty to the beauty and richness of human diversity. Mr. Guidotti subsequently founded POSITIVE EXPOSURE, a non-profit organization that promotes a more inclusive world through award-winning photography. He has since spent more than 25 years collaborating internationally with advocacy organizations/NGOs, medical schools, universities, and other educational institutions to effect a change in societal attitudes towards individuals living with genetic, physical, behavioral or intellectual differences.
Our second speaker, Craig Erickson, MD, is a child psychiatrist and neuroscientist who specializes in the translational treatment development in neurodevelopmental disorders including primary work in Fragile X syndrome and autism. He is a professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He has established a world-class translational research program in neurodevelopmental disorders. He serves as the director of research at the Kelly O’Leary Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders and of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry both at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He has a successful track record of grant funding, an uncanny ability to develop and lead innovative projects, and has contributed to over 100 peer reviewed articles. He holds over 10 patents within the area of therapeutic development in neurodevelopmental disorders. At the heart, Dr. Erickson is also a clinician and tireless advocate for his patients and their families having been recognized for his efforts through the CCHMC Making a Difference Award and the National Fragile X Foundation Clinical Award.
Sponsored by AACAP’s Autism and Intellectual Disability Committee and supported by James C. Harris, MD, and Catherine DeAngelis, MD, MPH

Familial Dysautonomia Families Photoshoot
2023-10-29 11:30 - 15:30
SO excited to photograph several families from our FD Family. We are so grateful to the Familial Dysautonomia Foundation, Inc for their love, their leadership and their constant support of Positive Exposure.
Gathering at NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts.

Stay Tuned: West Farm Photography Exhibition
2023-11-01 - 2023-11-24
Early Fall: Stay Tuned

West Farms Photo Works
We are photographers with disabilities who go out in our neighborhoods to make images.

5th Annual Conference on Multi-Disciplinary Clinical Care for Patients With Intellectual and Developmental
2023-11-02 13:30
REGISTRATION
BROCHURE November 2-3, 2023
Embassy Suites, Saratoga Springs Begins 1:00 p.m. on 11/2/23 Ends 3:30 p.m. on 11/3/23

The CP State Medical Directors’ Council is pleased to present… 5th Annual Conference on
Multi-Disciplinary Clinical Care for Patients
With Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities (I/DD)
Designed to Increase Clinical Expertise in Treating People with I/DD

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
RICK GUIDOTTI
Founder
Positive Exposure
Rick founded POSITIVE EXPOSURE after a chance encounter in 1997 with a young lady living with albinism at a bus stop in New York City. As an artist, Rick was taken by her extraordinary beauty. In a quest for a better understanding of albinism, Rick sought out medical textbooks, where he was affronted by the dehumanizing images depicting disease, lacking all humanity. It was this experience which forced Rick to turn his lens from the more traditional ideas of beauty, to the beauty and richness of human diversity. Rick has since spent more than twenty years collaborating internationally with advocacy organizations/NGOs, medical schools, universities, and other educational institutions to effect a sea-change in societal attitudes towards individuals living with genetic, physical, behavioral or intellectual difference.

Clinical Conference Registration Brochure
