- Check-in & refreshments: AW ground floor & AW sky bridge (top floor)
- 9:30 am – 10:15 am
- Welcome: AW sky bridge
- 10:15 am – 10:30 am
- Workshop Session A – Discovery: Multiple Rooms
- 10:45 am – 12:00 pm
- Lunch: AW sky bridge
- 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
- Workshop Session B – Opportunities: Multiple Rooms
- 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
- Workshop Session C – Project Development: Multiple Rooms
- 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
- Day 1 Closing Session D – Sharing Out
- 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
- Day 1 Reception – AW sky bridge
- 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm
- Morning refreshments: AW sky bridge (top floor)
- 9:30 am – 10:00 am
- Morning Panel and Presentation Sessions
- 10:00 am – 11:15 am
- Session A1: Room TBA
Complexity of Disability Identity - Session A2: Room TBA
Employment, Volunteering, and Career Success - Session A3: Room TBA
Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence
- Session A1: Room TBA
- 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Session B1: Room TBA
Leadership and Business - Session B2: Room TBA
Advising and Student Advocacy - Session B3: Room TBA
Workshop: Letters I Wish I Could Send
- Session B1: Room TBA
- 10:00 am – 11:15 am
- Lunch: AW sky bridge & AW 408
- 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
- Afternoon Panel and Presentation Sessions
- 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
- Session C1: Room TBA
Support Staff and Faculty Discussion Session - Session C2: Room TBA
Disability Analysis and Disability Justice - Session C3: Room TBA
Student Experience Discussion Session
- Session C1: Room TBA
- 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
- Session D1: Room TBA
- Land, Space, and Place
- Session D2
- Equitable Education Experience
- Session D3: Room TBA
Disability and the Arts
- Session D1: Room TBA
- 4:00 – 5:00 pm
- Session E1: Room TBA
Intersections of Identity and Action - Session E2: Room TBA
Community Organizing - Session E3: Room TBA
Critical Disability Studies Discussion Session
- Session E1: Room TBA
- 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
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- Session A1: Complexity of Disability Identity
- Session A2: Employment, Volunteering, and Career Success
- Session A3: Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence
- 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Session B1: Leadership and Business
- Session B2: Advising and Student Advocacy
- Session B3: Workshop: Letters I Wish I Could Send
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm – Lunch Break
- 1:30 – 2:45 pm
- Session C1: Support Staff and Faculty Discussion Session
- Session C2: Disability Analysis and Disability Justice
- Session C3: Student Experience Discussion Session
- 3:00 – 3:45 pm
- Session D1: Land, Space, and Place
- Session D2: Equitable Education Experience
- Session D3: Disability and the Arts
- 4:00 – 5:00 pm
- Session E1: Building Systems of Support
- Session E2: Community Organizing
- Session E3: Critical Disability Studies Discussion Session
Session A1: Complexity of Disability Identity
This panel explores the complexities of disability experience, especially connections to other aspects of identity such as age and sexuality.
Session A2: Employment, Volunteering, and Career Success
This panel focuses on the importance of accessible and fulfilling opportunities for work and volunteer opportunities.
Session A3: Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence
This panel explores aspects of neurodivergence both at the broad level of cultural identity and at the specific level of student support and access.
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Session B1: Leadership and Business
This panel explores the connections between disability experience and entrepreneurship and leadership in business. Topics include ADEI, digital equality, and community building.
Session B2: Advising and Student Advocacy
This panel explores the importance of systems of support for disabled students at Western. It focuses on areas of advising, physical access, and peer support.
Session B3: Workshop: Letters I Wish I Could Send
12:30 – 1:30 pm – Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:45 pm
Session C1: Support Staff and Faculty Discussion Session
This is an un-scripted roundtable conversation for as many faculty and staff who are interested in participating. Topics will include supporting disabled students and experiences as disabled members of campus.
Session C2: Disability Analysis and Disability Justice
This panel examines disability topics through the lens of cultural critique and political engagement. Topics include colonization, weaponization, and intersectionality.
Session C3: Student Experience Discussion Session
This is an un-scripted roundtable conversation for any students interested in participating. Topics will include student experiences, accessibility issues, and disability culture.
3:00 – 3:45 pm
Session D1: Land, Space, and Place
This panel explores the importance of access to outdoor spaces and recreation as the basis for equitable community.
Session D2: Equitable Education Experience
This panel focuses on access in educational settings, especially in higher education. Topics include student supports and disabled student experience.
Session D3: Disability and the Arts
This panel explores disability through the lens of art and theater. Topics will include the connection between disability identity and artistic production and the importance of artistic expression for disability politics and identity.
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Session E1: Building Systems of Support
This panel focuses on effective and equitable ways to support disabled people in accessing resources, especially in times of life transition.
Session E2: Community Organizing
This panel focuses on disability cultural work, including building disability-positive and accessible communities and events.
Session E3: Critical Disability Studies Discussion Session
This is an un-scripted roundtable conversation for anyone interested in the academic field of critical disability studies. Topics will include teaching disability studies, current research projects, and courses