
2021 Speaker Bios and Abstracts
- Welcome and Opening Keynote – Dr. Ashley Shew
- Cinematic Portrayals of Disability as Ongoing Crisis – Dr. Petra Anders
- Whose Story is it Anyway? – Kathleen McGoldrick, Sharon Cuff & Stephanie Patterson
- Tourette’s Syndrome and Tic Disorders: What Law Enforcement Needs to Know – Raymond Nardella
- Decriminalizing Behavioral Health – Marcella Holloman, Lauren Young & Thomas Hicks
- Poetic Exploration: Allies, Accomplices & Ableism – Dr. Naliyah Kaya
- A New Tool for Making Computers Usable by Those Who Cannot – Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden
- Hidden Disability: Seeking Support and Understanding for Endometriosis in an Online Community – Jessica Chaikof
- Essential Yet Disposable: Food, Flowers, and Filth in the Pandemic Era – Dr. Rebecca Monteleone
- Parenting During the Storms: Experiences of Parents with Disabilities Raising Children During COVID & Social Turmoil – Denna Lambert & Dr. Beth Douthirt-Cohen
- University of Maryland Internal PCDI Awards Presentations – Presented by Dr. Georgina Dodge, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, University of Maryland
- Inheritance and Access – Dr. Jonathan Flowers
- Steps to Creating Accessible Courses – Dr. Sandy Saperstein & Sacha St-Onge Ahmad
- Queer Theory, Accessibility, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Classroom – Dr. Kristin LaFollette
- Accommodating Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strategies to Support Service Providers – Dr. Terri Massie-Burrell & Dayna Geary
- The Better Way: Disabled Students Navigating Self-Advocacy in Postsecondary Education – Emunah Woolf
- Stories of Disabled Student Organizing Through Time: A Case Study – Dani Pryke
- Turning Complaints into Advocacy – Adith Thummalapalli
- Young Adults shaping the Disability Social Justice Movement – Alyssia Jackson, Erin Mayo, Julia Nessman & Savannah Trevino-Casias
- Main Aspects of Violence Against Women and Girls with Disabilities (Georgia) – Madona Kharebava
- Madness: Respons-ability Against Crude Power (Iran) – Dr. Sona Kazemi
- Making and Breaking in a Disabled World – Dr. Kelly Fritsch & Dr. Anne McGuire
- 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
- Final Thoughts and Closing Keynote –Dr. Angel Love Miles