2023 Program

2023 Including Disability Global Summit

“The preeminent international jamboree for disabled people”

– Dr. Paul Jaeger, Co-Chair and Co-Founder

Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors!

Tuesday, April 25

Time Presentation
April 25, 2023 – 9:10 AM – 10:00 AM

Opening Keynote: How to Succeed Downwards?

Liz Jackson

April 25, 2023 – 10:15 AM-11:10 AM

The #ActuallyAutistic Community and Disabled Agency on Twitter

Hann Bingham Brunner (they/them)

April 25, 2023 – 11:20 AM-11:45 AM

Audio Description At Every Performance

Joel Snyder

April 25, 2023 – 11:55 AM-12:20 PM

Tools for (Divergent) Thought: What Neurodivergent Adults Say About Personal Knowledge Management

Kelly M. Hoffman (she/they)

April 25, 2023 – 12:30 PM-12:55 PM

Technology as a Freedom Tool in a Disabling Society: The Ambiguous Relationship between Disabled Users and Technology in Accessing Autonomy

Amanda Leckner, Hannah Jane Upson, Daniela Pereira

April 25, 2023 – 1:05 PM-1:30 PM

Reconsidering Accessibility and the Future of Interface

Gregg Vanderheiden

April 25, 2023 – 2:00 PM-2:25 PM

The Experiences of Students with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) in College: A Strengths-Based Approach to Managing Autoimmune Disease

Liz Wasden Oudin (she/her/hers)

April 25, 2023 – 2:35 PM-3:00 PM

The Impact of Plain Language and Easy Read for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Isabella Garza

April 25, 2023 – 3:15 PM-4:15 PM

Punking Neoliberal Education: A Disability Studies Approach to Bridging Pedagogy and Activism Through Community Partnerships

Sara M. Acevedo, Christina Gray (they/them/theirs), Suzanne Stolz, Leonor Vanik, Catalina Galvan

Wednesday, April 26

Time Presentation
April 26, 2023 – 9:00 AM-9:25 AM

Worldmaking, Disability, and Octavia Butler

Rebekah S. Otto

April 26, 2023 – 9:35 AM-10:00 AM

HopePunk and Burlesque Dance

Petra Anders

April 26, 2023 – 10:10 AM-10:35AM

Blind Design: Extraordinary Outcomes of Speculative Space-Making

Andrew Gipe-Lazarou

April 26, 2023 – 10:45 AM-11:45 PM

HopePunk and the Neuropolitics of Writing: Subverting Neuronormalizing Composition

Sara M. Acevedo, Hailee Yoshizaki-Gibbons, Rua Mae Williams

April 26, 2023 – 12:30 PM-12:55 PM

Interdependence Is The Key To Liberation and Justice For Disabled People

Dom Kelly

April 26, 2023 – 1:05 PM-1:30 PM

A Novel Way to Address the Disproportionate Rate at Which Youth with Disabilities are Overrepresented in the School-to-Prison Nexus

Tiffani D. Hurst (she/her), Monét Harbison, Tryphaena Hooper, Turea Hutson (she/her), Tamecah Pinkney

April 26, 2023 – 1:40 PM-2:15 PM

Moving toward Health Justice in the COVID-19 Era: A Sampling of US Public Libraries’ Efforts

Morgan Adle, Jane Behre, Brian Real, Beth St. Jean

April 26, 2023 – 2:25 PM – 3:25 PM

Youth Leading Youth in Futures Planning and Career Exploration

Savannah Gildea, Aiden Burgher, Alia Natzke, Tristin McConnell

April 26, 2023 – 3:35 PM-4:45 PM

Dani’s Twins Film screening and Q&A

Dani Izzie, Angie Gentile, Brad Allgood, Andy Arias

Thursday, April 27

Time Presentation
April 27, 2023 – 9:00 AM-9:25 AM

“Always Bring Your Dice” Re-imagining Training with Disability Focused D&D

Alexander Nicholls (he/him), Leanna Scheitrowsky (she/her)

April 27, 2023 – 9:35 AM – 10:00 AM

POD Access: Empowerment Through Podcasting

Cheryl Green, Thomas Reid

April 27, 2023 – 10:10 AM-10:35 AM

Dateability: Making Love Accessible

Jacqueline Child, Alexa Child

April 27, 2023 – 10:45 AM-11:45 AM

Outdoors For All

Enock Glidden

April 27, 2023 – 12:30 PM-1:30 PM

At the Wormholes of Madness: Poetics and Science Fiction as Liberation

Steven T. Licardi

April 27, 2023 – 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM

Creating Sustainable Global Cross-Disability Communities

Stephanie J. Cork, Paul T. Jaeger, Sara Olsen, Ron Padrón, Alex Peterson, Nedelina Tchangalova

April 27, 2023 – 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Introducing the Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility(MIDA)

Jonathan Lazar

April 27, 2023 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Closing Keynote: Embracing the Ecstatic: Disability in the Afrofuture

D’Arcee Charington Neal