2021 Program

2021 Including Disability Global Summit

Access and Crisis: Disability and the Collapse of Everything

Monday, April 12Wednesday, April 14

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Monday, April 12

Time Presentation
April 12, 2021 – 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

2021 Disability Summit Opening Keynote Speaker

Dr. Ashley Shew

April 12, 2021 – 10:30 AM-11:00 AM

Cinematic Portrayals of Disability as Ongoing Crisis

Dr. Petra Anders (she/her)

April 12, 2021 – 11:10 AM-11:40 AM

Canceled – A Form of Racialized Neuronormativity: The Reading of Racial Stereotypes on Neurodivergent Bodymindse

Rudolph P. Reyes II (he/him)

April 12, 2021 – 11:50 AM-1:00 PM

Whose Story is it Anyway?

Kathleen McGoldrick, Sharon Cuff & Stephanie Patterson n

April 12, 2021 – 1:30 PM-2:00 PM

Tourette’s Syndrome and Tic Disorders: What Law Enforcement Needs to Know

Ray Nardella (he/him)

April 12, 2021 – 2:10 PM-3:30 PM

Decriminalizing Behavioral Health

Linda Villanueva, Marcella Holloman, Lauren Young & David Prater

April 12, 2021 – 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Poetic Exploration: Allies, Accomplices & Ableism

Dr. Naliyah Kaya (she/her)

Tuesday, April 13

Time Presentation
April 13, 2021 – 9:30 AM-10:05 AM

A New Tool for Making Computers Usable by Those Who Cannot

Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden (he/him)

April 13, 2021 – 10:15 AM-10:45 AM

Hidden Disability: Seeking Support and Understanding for Endometriosis in an Online Community

Jessica Chaikof

April 13, 2021 – 10:50 AM-11:15AM

Essential Yet Disposable: Food, Flowers, and Filth in the Pandemic Era

Dr. Becca Monteleone (she/her)

April 13, 2021 – 11:25 AM-12:30 PM

Parenting During the Storms: Experiences of Parents with Disabilities Raising Children During COVID & Social Turmoil

Denna Lambert & Dr. Beth Douthirt-Cohen

April 13, 2021 – 12:45 PM-1:15 PM

University of Maryland Internal PCDI Awards Presentations

April 13, 2021 – 1:30 PM-2:00 PM

Inheritance and Access

Dr. Jonathan Flowers (he/him)

April 13, 2021 – 2:10 PM-2:40 PM

Steps to Creating Accessible Courses

Dr. Sandy Saperstein & Sacha St-Onge Ahmad

April 13, 2021 – 2:50 PM-3:20 PM

Queer Theory, Accessibility, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Classroom

Dr. Kristin LaFollette (she/her)

April 13, 2021 – 3:30 PM-4:00 PM

Accommodating Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strategies to Support Service Providers

Dr. Terri Massie-Burrell & Dayna Geary

Wednesday, April 14

Time Presentation
April 14, 2021 – 9:00 AM-9:30 AM

The Better Way: Disabled Students Navigating Self-Advocacy in Postsecondary Education

Emunah Woolf (she/they)

April 14, 2021 – 9:40 AM-10:00 AM

Stories of Disabled Student Organizing Through Time: A Case Study

Dani Pryke (they/them)

April 14, 2021 – 10:10 AM-10:35 AM

Turning Complaints into Advocacy

Adith Thummalapalli (he/him)

April 14, 2021 – 10:45 AM-11:15 AM

Young Adults shaping the Disability Social Justice Movement

Alyssia Jackson, Erin Mayo, Julia Nessman & Savannah Trevino-Casias

April 14, 2021 – 12:45 PM-1:20 PM

Main Aspects of Violence Against Women and Girls with Disabilities (Georgia)

Madona Kharebava (she/her)

April 14, 2021 – 1:30 PM-2:00 PM

Madness: Respons-ability Against Crude Power (Iran)

Dr. Sona Kazemi (she/her)

April 14, 2021 – 2:30 PM-3:00 PM

Making and Breaking in a Disabled World

Dr. Kelly Fritsch & Dr. Anne McGuire

April 14, 2021 – 3:10 PM-3:55 PM

Trace Center at 50 – Accomplishments, lessons learned, and future directions

Dr. J. Bern Jordan, Dr. Hernisa Kacorri, Dr. Jonathan Lazar, Dr. Amanda Lazar & Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden

April 14, 2021 – 4:30 PM-5:30 PM

2021 Disability Summit Closing Keynote Speaker

Dr. Angel Love Miles