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Welcome to the 2021 TASH Conference - Virtual Edition website!

Each year, the TASH Conference brings together individuals with significant disabilities and their allies to share resources and success stories, learn about field-driven best practices, and network within a community engaged in shared values. The conference is attended by passionate advocates, leaders, and subject matter experts from every corner of the disability community. Conference attendees play an important role in supporting individuals with significant disabilities to overcome various barriers in order to live their best lives. Central to this work is the premise that individuals reach their optimal potential only when they are given the opportunity to live, work and thrive across the lifespan in the same communities we are all members of. The Conference is intentionally designed to support the interests of professors and researchers from leading institutions; those involved in local, state, and federal governments and public policy; special and general educators, and school administrators; home and community-based service providers; students, family members, and most importantly, self-advocates with lived experience.

This year, while we are taking the Conference virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we believe that our unique approach to providing exceptional first-rate content and building strong community ties and connections across various stakeholders will yield an extraordinary event! We have taken extra steps to bring people closer together during these times, as well as to create an amazing virtual environment that expands our knowledge and spurs our creative thinking into action!  Our Conference theme, Celebrating Community and Connections, reminds us of the value of gathering together as a diverse community to advance equity, opportunity and inclusion for all!

Need technical assistance during the conference? Please email our support staff at helpdesk@tash.org.

The 2021 TASH Conference is dedicated to TASH co-founder, Dr. Lou Brown. Learn more about Lou’s impact and legacy to the disability rights movement here.

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HardbackYoYo

HardbackYoYo
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Amanda Darrow (she/her)

Utah Pride Center
Director of Youth, Family, and Education
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Dr. Shamby Polychronis (she/her)

University of Utah
Assistant Professor - Career Line
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Sandy Jordan (she/her)

Able South Carolina
Director of Employment Programs
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Sharon Delvisco (she/her), DSW, LMSW, CGMP

Team Dynamics, LLC
Project Director
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Heather Adams

SEEC
Program Director
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Martin Agran

University of Wyoming
Professor
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Hind Alharbi

Rowan University
Adjunct/ Research Assistantship/ PhD Student
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Ashley Anderson

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Doctoral Student
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Shameka L Andrews

Self Advocacy Association of NYS
Community Outreach Coordinator
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Natalie Andzik

Northern Illinois University
Assistant Professor
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Lindsay Athamanah

University of Missouri - St. Louis
Assistant Professor
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Ernie Baatz

Spectrum Society for Community Living
Executive Director
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Judy Bailey

Judy C. Bailey Consulting
Consultant on Communication Access and Positive Supports
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Dale Baker

UNCG
PhD Student LEAPS Scholar
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Heidi Brett Baker

Public Consulting Group
Consultant
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Linda Bambara

Lehigh Universtiy
Emeritus Professor
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Katie Baulier

Boston University
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Michelle Bazeley

Mattingly Edge
Family Engagement Coordinator
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Joni Beach

Modoc County Office of Education
Program Specialist
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Kathleen Becht, PhD

Think College UMassBoston
Technical Assistance Coordinator
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Shay Bernard

Progressive Community Services
Support Coordination Standards Specialist
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Claudaya Hood Bey

Kennedy Krieger Institute
Research Coordinator
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William Blackwell

Sam Houston State University
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Cassie Borges

UW Haring Center
Inclusion Specialist
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Nancy Boutot

LEAD Center, National Disability Institute
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Jessica Bowman

TIES Center, University of Minnesota
Researcher
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Valerie Bradley

Human Services Research Institute
President Emerita
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Kate Brady

Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
Deputy Director
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Angie Breeden

St. Albans On Purpose
Founder and Coordinator
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Ben Brodeske

Artist and advocate
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Donna Brown

University of New Hampshire
PhD Student and Researcher, Education Department
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Andrea Buehrig

F.A.C.T
Certified Family Peer Specialist
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Jennifer Bumble

Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities
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Jennifer Buss

Lewis University
Associate Professor
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Sarah Butcher

Roots of Inclusion
Parent and Education Advocate
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Betsie Camilliere

Calvert County Public Schools
Inclusive Education Facilitator
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Katrena Card

Green Compass Global
Director
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Lisa Carey

Carey Advocacy, LLC
Education Advocate
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Megan Carpenter

University of Kansas
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Steven Michael Carr

Mattingly Edge
Development Director
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Kate Cavanaugh

Lake Forest School District 67
Cherokee Elementary School Principal
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Catherine Cheung

Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Joan Christopher

Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Research Instructor
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Emma Cladis

Student and Advocate
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Amy Clausen

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Doctoral Candidate
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Rebecca Cobos

ENMU-Roswell Special Services
Director
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Kayla Colburn

California Deafblind Services
Education Specialist
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Brad Collins

Oregon Department of Human Services-Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS)
Regional Employment Specialist
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Kerri Collins

West Bay Collaborative
Transition Coordinator
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Alma Contreras-Vanegas

SHSU
Associate Professor
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Kerry Cormier

Rowan University
Instructor
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Karen F Cull

Include CA
CEO
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Heather Cupp

Emory Valley Center
Clinical Services Director
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Debra Curran

Parent Advocate
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Therese Munroe Curran

West Bay Collaborative
Director of Transition & Vocational Services; State Regional...
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Cathi Davis

Ruby Bridges Elementary, Northshore SD
Founding Principal
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Tasheena Davis

Center for Public Representation
Racial Equity Attorney
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Melissa Defayette

Graduate Assistant
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MaryAnn Demchak

University of Nevada, Reno
Professor, Special Education
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Brian Dion

Community Options
Chief Development Officer
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Megan Doty

Ph.d. Student, Chapman University
Program Specialist
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Brittny Downing

Public Consulting Group
Consultant
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Katie Ducett

Syracuse University
PhD Student
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Lyman Dukes

University of South Florida
Professor
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Ryan Duncanwood

SABE, The Arc. TASH. SCDD
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Stephen Dunn

Lake Forest
Administrator/Teacher
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Stacy Eldred

Chapman University
Ph.D. Candidate
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Naomi Fair

University of Washington
Inclusion Specialist
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Gail Fanjoy

KFI
Retired!
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Daniel Ferrell

Montgomery County Public Schools
Special Education Teacher
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Sheila Fisher

Devora's Dream, Inc.
Executive Director - Parent
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Spencer Flanagan

Highline Public Schools
Special Education Teacher
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Dana Floyd

Education Service District 105
Executive Director of Special Services
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Suzanne Bennett Francisco

Exceptional Rights Advocacy
Disability Rights Advocate
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Kaitlynn Fraze

George Mason University
PhD Student
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Kelly Friedlander

Optum & Community Bridges Consulting Group
Principal Consultant
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Gail Ghere

NCEO & TIES Center, University of Minnesota
Research Associate
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Michael Giangreco

University of Vermont
Professor, Special Education
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Audri Gomez, Ph.D.

Chapman University
Director at the Thompson Policy Institute (TPI) on Disability
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Judith Gran

Reisman Carolla Gran & Zuba
Partner
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