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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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Jenny Lengyel

Total Living Concept
Executive Director
Auburn, WA

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Wednesday, December 1
 

12:30pm EST

3:30pm EST

5:00pm EST

6:30pm EST

 
Thursday, December 2
 

11:00am EST

12:15pm EST

1:15pm EST

2:15pm EST

4:15pm EST

6:14pm EST

About Poster Presentations Online Platform Academic Skill Acquisition through Augmented Reality Technology Online PlatformGulnoza Yakubova • Melissa Defayette Access to Inclusion for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: A Review of the Literature Online PlatformKarolyn Maurer Advocating for Inclusive Education: Parents' Perspectives Online PlatformErica Bergmann • Kristin Burnette An Accessible Informed Consent Protocol for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Online PlatformAllison D'Aguilar PhD Barriers and Solutions to Inclusive Higher Education for Individuals with IDD Online PlatformLyman Dukes Beyond the Classroom: Systematic Transition Frameworks for Students with Significant Support Needs Online PlatformE Elaine Osborne • Melanie Leonardo Building Connection through Post-Secondary, Community Agencies and Transition Partnerships Online PlatformElizabeth Sturm • Jennifer Buss • Mary Fisher California Legislature Seeks Increased Internet Access for Care Facility Residents Online PlatformLinda Kincaid Caregivers’ Perspectives on the Transition from School to Adulthood Online PlatformRichard Price • Hannah Brenner Changing Directions: The Promise of Customized Employment Online PlatformMichele Burney • Malinda Kragh • Zoey Winkler Coaching Provided via Video-conferencing to Caregivers of Children with ASD Online PlatformKendra Antill Community Access: Are Equal Rights Truly Equal? Online PlatformCheryl Sartori Connecting with Community Partners and Preservice Teachers through Mentoring Dialogues Online PlatformRandy Seevers Continuity of Learning for Children with Autism: Online Direct Instruction Online PlatformGulnoza Yakubova • Melissa Defayette Current View of Vocational Assessments for Students with Severe Disabilities Online PlatformRichard Price • Stacy Dymond Developing Person-Centered Outcome Measures to Assess the Effectiveness of Home- and Community-Based Online PlatformLindsay DuBois • Sara Karon Disability and Poverty the Ultimate Gamble Unpacking the Link between Poverty and Disability Online PlatformJeiri Flores Education During COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada: Learning from Families of Children with Disabilities Online PlatformGrace Francis Enhancing Interagency Collaboration Online PlatformWendy Mitchell • Nancy Welsh-Young Experiences of Secondary Students with Severe Disabilities and ESOL Services Online PlatformKaitlynn Fraze Exploring the Intersection of Special Education, Age of Majority, and Adult Decision-Making Support Online PlatformCharles Walters Faculty Perspectives within Inclusive Postsecondary Education Programs for Students with IDD Online PlatformSeunghee Lee • Sally Sexton Fostering Friendships for All Abilities in All Activities Online PlatformKathy Costello Future Goal Aspirations of Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities Online PlatformMartha Thurlow • Yi-Chen Wu • David Johnson How Teacher Preparation Programs Address the Hidden Curriculum of Ableism Online PlatformRachel Bowman How to Teach Self-Advocacy Online PlatformKayla Colburn Improving the Post-school Outcomes of Individuals with Disabilities: Parent Involvement Online PlatformMonique Matute-Chavarria • Yvonne Moreno Inclusion of Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities in Alternate Assessments Online PlatformSheryl Lazarus • Yi-Chen Wu Inclusive Higher Education Programs: Student Perceptions and Connections to Employment Online PlatformBrianna Shults • Megan Cartier • Katie Ducett Interventions for Connecting Transition-Age Youth with Severe Disabilities to Employment Online PlatformMichele Schutz Outlining an Anti-Deficit Pedagogy for Pre-Service Teachers Online PlatformSudha Krishnan Overcoming Challenges to Providing Work-Based Learning Experiences Online PlatformHannah Brenner • Stacy Dymond Parents as Partners: Supporting Students' Learning While at Home Online PlatformKristin Liu • Jennifer Sommerness Prioritizing Family Engagement to Foster Inclusion Online PlatformChelsea Tracy-Bronson • Melissa Monclus • Angelina Piccinino Research Should not Exclude: Creating Opportunities for Inclusive Research Projects Online PlatformAlexandra Reed • Grace Francis School Leaders' Advocacy Toward Inclusive Education Online PlatformChelsea Tracy-Bronson Self-Advocacy and Self-Management Training Based on Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction Online PlatformEunhee Paik Supporting the Well-Being of Children with Disabilities during the Pandemic Online PlatformClaudaya Hood Bey • Cheryl Lyn Errichetti The "State" of Inclusive Higher Education Online PlatformShari Hopkins • Kimberly Patton • Julia Snider The 2017 California Wildfires: The Impact on Youth with Significant Disabilities Online PlatformElizabeth McAdams Ducy The Curricular Content of Individual Education Program Goals of Students w/ Significant Disabilities Online PlatformOlivia Fudge Coleman • J. Matt Jameson Unlearning Trauma: Utilizing Trauma-Informed Education in Transition to PSE Online PlatformCicely Jones

6:15pm EST

 
Friday, December 3
 

11:00am EST

1:00pm EST

3:00pm EST

4:00pm EST

6:15pm EST

 
Saturday, December 4
 

3:00pm EST

5:00pm EST

6:15pm EST

7:00pm EST

 
Sunday, December 5
 

11:30am EST

4:30pm EST

 

My Moderators Sessions

Thursday, December 2
 

4:15pm EST

 
Sunday, December 5
 

11:30am EST

 


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