2025 NARRTC Conference and Business Meeting: Minding our Methods, Enhancing Community, Health, and Employment Outcomes with People with Disabilities
Please note: This is a draft agenda and may change as speakers confirm their participation.
Time/Track | Location/Event | Details |
8:00am – 4:00pm | Virginia Hall Registration |
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8:45am – 9:00am | Mason Room Welcome from NARRTC President Andre Washington A Mindful Moment |
Mindful Moment hosted by Ann Deschamps, Mid-Atlantic ADA Center |
9:00am – 10:15am | Mason Room
World Café on Knowledge Translation |
Hosted by the Knowledge Translation Committee |
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10:30am – 11:30am Methods/Research Participation |
Virginia Salon A
Panel Beyond Consultation: Meaningful Collaboration with Young Adults with Lived Expertise |
Moderator: Ann Deschamp, TransCen, Inc. |
Employment | Virginia Salon B
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Moderator: Wendy Strobel Gower Cornell University |
Health | Virginia Salon C
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Moderator: TBA |
11:45am – 1:15pm | Mason Room
Lunch & Business Meeting Tribute to Mark Odum, NARRTC President and Executive Board Committee Reports, and Call for Nominations |
Moderator: Andre Washington, NARRTC President |
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1:30pm – 2:30pm Methods |
Virginia Salon A
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Moderator: TBA |
Community Participation | Virginia Salon B
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Moderator: Salimah LaForce, Georgia Institute of Technology |
Employment | Virginia Salon C
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Moderator: Ann Deschamps, TransCen, Inc. |
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2:45pm – 3:45pm Community Participation |
Virginia Salon A
Panel Unmet Need for Personal Assistance Services |
Moderator: TBA |
Employment | Virginia Salon B
Panel Neuroinclusive Employment Practices: AI promises and perils |
Moderator: TBA |
Technology | Virginia Salon C
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Moderator: Nathan Moon, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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4:00pm – 5:00pm Knowledge Translation & Capacity Building |
Virginia Salon A
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Moderator: TBA |
Mental Health | Virginia Salon B
Panel The Missing Link for Educational and Employment Success: The Role of Executive Functioning Skill Development in Young Adults with Mental Health Conditions |
Moderator: TBA |
Health | Virginia Salon C
Panel Measuring Ableism and Assessing Its Impact on Health, Healthcare, and Independent Living |
Moderator: Ann Deschamps, TransCen, Inc. |
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5:30pm – 7:30pm
Poster Reception with Snacks & Cash Bar |
Mason Room & Virginia Hall
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Student posters eligible for the Best Poster Competition will be judged during the reception. Winners will be announced during the Awards Ceremony. |
Time/Track | Location/Event | Details |
8:00am – 10:00am | Virginia Hall
Registration |
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8:45am – 10:00am | Mason Room
Keynote Panel The Disability-Specific Threat of AI, Bots, and Other Bad Actors: Balancing Fraud Prevention and Accessibility |
Moderator: Kelsey S. Goddard, Kentucky University
Panelists: Jonathan Lazar, University of Maryland |
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10:15am – 11:15am Methods |
Virginia Salon A
Panel Innovative Methods for the Inclusion of Latinx Communities in Disability Research |
Moderator: Kelsey S. Goddard, Kentucky University |
Employment & Mental Health | Virginia Salon B
Panel Breaking Barriers to Employment: Innovations in Research, Training, and Collaboration for Psychiatric Disabilities |
Moderator: Salimah LaForce, Georgia Institute of Technology |
Knowledge Translation & Capacity Building | Virginia Salon C
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Moderator: Wendy Strobel Gower, Cornell University |
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11:30am – 12:30pm
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Virginia Salon A Quiet Room |
If you need a quiet place, please use this space. |
Community Participation | Virginia Salon B
Panel I Do Not Want Your Cookies Anymore: Three Phase Study on Engagement of individual with Disabilities in Advisory Committees to improve community accessibility |
Moderator: TBA |
Employment & Technology | Virginia Salon C
Panel Neuroinclusive Employment Practices: AI promises and perils |
Moderator: Nathan Moon, Georgia Institute of Technology |
12:30pm – 1:30pm | Mason Room
Lunch & Awards |
Moderator: Robin Jones
Awards for Best Paper, Best Student Poster, and NARRTC Recognitions will be presented. |
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1:45pm – 2:45pm
Mental Health |
Virginia Salon A
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Moderator: Kelsey S. Goddard, Kentucky University |
Research Participants | Virginia Salon B
Panel Minding our Methods: Building an Omnibus Survey on Employment |
Moderator: Salimah LaForce, Georgia Institute of Technology |
2025 Best Papers | Virginia Salon C
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Moderator: Sarah von Schrader, Cornell University |
3:00pm – 4:00pm | Mason Room
NIDILRR Updates |
Moderator: Andre Washington
Panelists from NIDILRR have been invited to participate |
Conference Concludes |