2025 Agenda, April 23

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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Wednesday, April 23

Time (EST) Presentation
Session One
9:00a-10:00a The Magic of Crip Storytelling: D&D, Cognitive Access Tools, & Community Building Elizabeth McLain, Gustavo Araoz, Christopher Campo-Bowen, Scott Hanenberg, and Atlas Vernier
10:15a-10:25a Experiences and factors affecting poverty among families raising a child with a disability Dr. Sally Lindsay, Janice Phonepraseuth, and Sarah Leo
10:30a-10:40a Crip Narratives of Resilience: The Intersection of Disability and Refugeehood Mustafa Rfat
Session Two
11:15a-11:40p Empowered Advocacy: Black Mothers Navigating Disability and Digital Spaces Kiera O’Shea
11:55a-12:20p
CANCELLED
Towards – Cripistemological Captions
Christopher Robert Jones
12:35p-1:00p AD and AI: Ceding Control of the Narrative? Joel Snyder
Session Three
2:00p-2:25p ADHD, Executive Functions, Assistive Technology, & Independence Dr. Terri Jackson
2:35p-3:00p The “Extra Layer of Things”: Everyday Information Management Strategies and Unmet Needs of Moms with ADHD Sheila Walsh
3:15p-3:40p Disability & The Internet: The Good, The Bad, and The Future Kayle Hill
Session Four
4:00p-5:00p From Crippling Doubt to Cripping Acceptance: Embracing Authenticity through Counternarratives and Intersectionality Twanna Hodge, Abigail Phillips, Christine M. Moeller, and Marisol Moreno Ortiz
Session Five
5:30p-6:30p EMBRACE ME: a comedy show about dating with a disability! Jack Freeman