2025 Agenda, April 22

Including Disability Global Summit: 2025 Agenda

Crip Narratives: Controlling our Stories 

April 22 – 24, 2025 

All sessions are scheduled in the Eastern Time Zone (EST); will be presented in English; and will have live captions and American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters.

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Tuesday, April 22

Time (EST) Presentation
9:30a-10:00a

Welcome to the 2025 Summit!

Dr. Paul Jaeger
Session One
10:15a-10:40a Art as Activism: Protest in the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Community Casey Doherty
10:55a-11:20a Fostering Inclusivity and empowerment of PWDs through the Midlands State University Disability and Inclusivity Festival of Music and Dance Claudio Chipendo
11:35a-12:00p Situating Neurodivergent Learning and Performance Within Neuroqueer Perspectives Liam McDermott
12:15p-12:40p Well Preserved: Creating Disability Narratives Mondo Vaden
Session Two
1:30p-1:55p Mad Futurisms: Speculative Explorations of Radical Mental Healthcare Jumi Bello
2:10p-2:35p A Critical Disability Critique of Public Health: Care Work in Rural America Kait Macheledt
2:50p-3:15p Narratives of Personal Health and Sexual Education Experiences of Emerging Adults with Disabilities Madelyn Toman
3:30p-3:55p Thinking Out Loud: Centering Disabled Voices in Health Information Sonal Sathe
Session Three
4:30p-5:30p The Act of Noticing Stephanie Cork, Stephanie Marie Williams, and Elizabeth Pineo
Opening Keynote
5:30p-6:30p Opening Keynote Dr. Jennifer Rode