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Signal Centers Accessibility Summit
May 19, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 4:30 pm EDT
$25 – $45
Signal Centers welcomes you to our 4th annual Accessibility Awareness Summit. Our summit will kick-start on May 19th, 2022, national Global Accessibility Awareness Day, at Chattanooga State Community College. We will visit issues facing individuals with disabilities and how these issues can be addressed with technology. In-person and online.
Agenda
- 9:00 AM – Welcome: Quincy Jenkins and Donna McConnico
- 9:10 AM – 9:50 AM – Through Diversity to Richer Experiences for All
- 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM – An Accessible Education: from Early Childhood to Post-Secondary
with Edna Varner - 10:50 AM – 11:45 AM – Inclusion and Technology: Accessibility in Digital Environments with Rob Carr
- Lunch 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
- 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM – Aging and Disabilities: Planning for the Future with Amy Boulware
- 1:05 PM – 2:00 PM – Building an Accessible and Inclusive Workplace with Miles Huff
- 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM – Neurodiversity in Hiring, Activism and Advocacy with Deb Socia
- 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM – Designing Accessible Communities with Geoff Millener
- 3:30 PM – 4:10 PM – A Conversation on Intersectionality and DEI: Is Disability Being Left Out of the Conversation? with Stacy Lightfoot and Dr. Denise Reid
- 4:30 – Wrap-up