From the summit website: Neurodivergent, crip, mad, and disabled people are already present in colleges and universities. Yet pervasive ableism, reinforced and intersecting with other forms of systemic injustice and structural oppression, relegates us to the margins, keeps us outside the gates, and forces too many of us out. Disabled students, scholars, and community members are working constantly to challenge the narrative that we do not belong in the academy, and to demand recognition and respect for disabled people’s ways of knowing, being, learning, and relating. Disability Justice goes beyond limiting frameworks of equity, inclusion, and diversity, and challenges us to incorporate multimodality, flexibility, fluidity, and interdependence into our pedagogies, technologies, classrooms, and communities.
From the summit website: The number of alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) users attending higher education has never been greater. In the Peabody Award-winning film Deej: Inclusion Shouldn’t Be a Lottery, we watch co-producer, narrative commentator, poet, star, and AAC-user, DJ Savarese move out of state and begin his first semester at a highly selective, residential, liberal arts college (www.Deejmovie.com). This keynote presentation will take us behind the scenes and on a deep dive into the specific academic, social, emotional, and financial supports, strategies & tools that DJ, his professors, his assistants and his classmates create to enhance their collective learning and living experiences in the classroom, on campus, and beyond.
Tentative Schedule: All listed times are Eastern Time
Please check back for updates
Schedule as of Sept 8, 2021
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Tuesday, October 26 |
Wednesday, October 27 |
Thursday, October 28 |
Friday, October 29 |
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11:00 am-6 pm: The Exhibit Hall is open |
11:00 am-6 pm: The Exhibit Hall is open |
11:00 am-4 pm: The Exhibit Hall is open |
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11:30 am-12 pm Live at the Summit! Please log in for useful information and updates, awards and gift card drawing. |
11:30 am-12 pm Live at the Summit! Please log in for useful information and updates, awards and gift card drawing. |
11:30 am-12 pm Live at the Summit! Please log in for useful information and updates, awards and gift card drawing. |
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1-4 pm: Preconference Workshop #1: Building, Expanding or Improving a College Program for Students with Autism (additional fee and registration required) Preconference Workshop #2: Preparing Students to Transition to Employment (additional fee and registration required) |
12-1 pm: (Panel) The Autism Friendly Campus |
12-1: (Panel) Students and Their Campus Experiences |
12-1: (Panel) Employers and Employment in a Neurodiverse World |
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1-5 pm: Research Symposium on Mental Health and Autism (registration required, no additional fee) |
1-5 pm: Summit Sessions Wed 1-1:45 EDT
Wed 2-2:45 EDT
Wed 3-3:45 EDT
Wed 4-4:45 ET
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1-5 pm: Summit Sessions Thur 1-1:45 EDT
Thur 2-2:45 EDT
Thur 3-3:45 EDT
Thur 4-4:45 EDT
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1-4 pm: Summit Sessions Fri 1-1:45 EDT
Fri 2-2:45 EDT
Fri 3-3:45 EDT
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6-7:30 pm: Opening Session: Welcome and Keynote Speaker Lydia X.Z. Brown |
4-5 pm: Closing Speaker: DJ Savarese |