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!
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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.
Individuals with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of disaster yet their experience remains understudied. This presentation reports data from a larger study on the experiences of children and youth with disabilities impacted by the 2017 Nuns and Tubbs wildfires. Specifically, this poster presentation highlights parental reports of the educational, psychological, and behavioral impact on two adolescents with extensive support and complex communication needs. Additionally, issues encountered by the parents post-disaster are described. Suggestions on improving preparedness and response efforts to better support children with disabilities and their families post-disaster are given.
