Description This practical workshop will introduce innovative approaches and tools, such as person-centered thinking and human-centered design, that can be used to improve access and meaningful inclusion of people with... Continue Reading →
Experience Is Our Teacher: People with Disabilities on Allyship, Advocacy, and Pride
Description This workshop aims to teach the audience about the richness and variety in the lived disability experiences and perspectives of people with disabilities (and of their families). We will... Continue Reading →
New Ways to Talk about Disability
Description People often talk about disability in outdated ways because they have never had to question it. Such ableist language, however, is rooted in the ongoing trauma experienced by many... Continue Reading →
Racial Justice and Disability Justice: Working Together to Free Our Minds and Bodies
Description We will discuss the compound impact of intersections between racism and ableism within US society and why this intersect is so rarely discussed in social justice. We’ll hear from... Continue Reading →
Disability Justice: Why It’s Everybody’s Business
Description To better grasp what disability justice is, we’ll cover critical moments in disability history that everyone should know. We’ll examine how the past persists in current policies and attitudes... Continue Reading →