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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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Saturday, December 4 • 1:00pm - 1:45pm
Advocacy and Allyship: Our Connection to our Community

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Advocacy and Allyship have become familiar concepts in contemporary society; they are particularly salient in terms of recent events or at a minimum they have been called into the public eye. This discussion explores the differences between advocacy and allyship, and the ways that both of these practices can bring us closer to our community. In the discussion we will share examples of advocacy and allyship and some common conceptualizations of both. We will also facilitate discussion of questions that attendees have about misunderstandings, approaches and tactics. Allyship and advocacy are critical efforts to advance social justice and promote equity and are characterized by commitment to lifelong learning, openness to dialogue, and willingness to engage in sustained work to improve inclusion and acceptance of marginalized populations. Allyship and advocacy for individuals with disabilities are essential to improve opportunities for meaningful inclusion.
Presenters
avatar for Karen Guettler-James

Karen Guettler-James

University of Kentucky
I work at the Human Development Institute at the University of Kentucky.  At HDI we work to promote inclusion, address inequities, and improve opportunities for individuals with disabilities.  I am also a student at the University of Kentucky in the Educational Psychology program... Read More →
avatar for Jacqueline Norman

Jacqueline Norman

University of Kentucky

Saturday December 4, 2021 1:00pm - 1:45pm EST
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