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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!

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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.

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Thursday, December 2 • 4:15pm - 5:00pm
Opportunities and Barriers for Inclusion in Virtual Learning Environments

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Students with disabilities and their families have fought for decades for access, inclusion and equity in schools.The COVID-19 pandemic yielded rapid shifts to virtual learning, as well as the likelihood of continued use of such spaces as a mode of instruction moving forward. These circumstances warrant thoughtful and continued dialogue as to what inclusion looks like in virtual classrooms, what makes such spaces equitable and inclusive, and whose voices are represented.This presentation will focus on barriers & opportunities of virtual learning contexts for autistic and neurodivergent students who type, spell & point to communicate.This research centers perspectives and experiences of middle school, high school & college students as they (re)imagine inclusion in the virtual learning realm, with implications for face to face and hybrid models. This presentation highlights findings and concrete examples of practices that promote access and participation in virtual learning environments.
Presenters
avatar for Lisa Mihalich Quinn

Lisa Mihalich Quinn

Director / Communication Specialist, Reach Every Voice
Lisa Mihalich Quinn, M.A / M.Ed. is a licensed special educator with more than 15 years of experience making academic content accessible for neurodiverse students and complex communicators. She is the Executive Director of Reach Every Voice, an organization dedicated to empowering... Read More →
avatar for Casey Woodfield

Casey Woodfield

Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary & Inclusive Education, Rowan University

Thursday December 2, 2021 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
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