NOTE: This schedule is subject to change.
Tuesday, April 25th, 8am to 6pm
Time | Session | Location |
8:00-4 | Registration | Second Floor Lobby |
8:45-9:00 | Opening Remarks Presenter: Wendy Strobel Gower, NARRTC President |
Salon I & II |
9:00-10:00 | Keynote: World Cafe on Knowledge Translation Hosted by NARRTC’s Knowledge Translation Committee Moderator: Michelle Zorilla |
Salon I & II |
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10:15-11:15 | Concurrent Session: At the Intersection of Housing, Personal Assistance, and Transportation: Toward a Holistic Approach to Empowered Rural Community Living. Andrew Myers, Presenter Moderator: Andre Washington |
Salon I |
Concurrent Session: Families and Health and Function Rural-Urban Disparities in Unmet Needs for Preventive Services among Adults with Disabilities in 2022. Gilbert Gimm, Presenter The Interaction Effects of Drinking and Psychoactive Medication Use on the Risk of Mortality after SCI. Yue Cao, Presenter Family Empowerment among Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities in Low-Resource Households. Sandra Vanegas, Presenter Moderator: Joann Starks |
Salon II | |
11:20-12:20 | Concurrent Session: Community Outreach and Engagement Spanish Language Outreach in the ADA National Network. Sarah Parker Harris, Rob Gould, Presenters Strategies and Successes in Rural Stakeholder Engagement. Lillie Greiman, Presenter Strategies to Recruit Youth with Disabilities to Participate in Research Programs: An Evaluation of Different Methods. Timothy Tansey, Presenter Moderator: Robin Jones |
Salon I |
Concurrent Session: Employment Pinpointing the Research-to-Practice Gap in Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Lauren Avellone, Presenter Contingent Employment of People with Disabilities: Findings from Qualitative and Survey Research. Nathan W. Moon, Presenter Understanding and Addressing the Vocational Barriers and Needs of Black Young Adults with mental illnesses: A Qualitative Study? Jonathan Delman, Presenter Moderator: Sarah Von Schrader |
Salon II | |
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12:30-1:50 | Lunch and Business Meeting | Salon I & II |
2:00-3:00 | Panel: Effective Implementation of Title II Requirements: Bringing Research into Practice Yochai Eisenberg, Presenter Moderator: Robin Jones |
Salon I |
Concurrent Session: COVID, Equity, Community, and Employment Role of SSA Disability Programs in the Covid Pandemic: SSDI/SSI and Poverty. Hyun Ju Kim, Presenter ADA Implementation During a Pandemic: A Provisional Analysis of COVID-19 Related Requests for ADA Technical Assistance. Meghan Porter, Presenter Stigma Resistance: The Capacity of Peer Support Specialists to Withstand Workplace Prejudice and Discrimination. Anneliese De Wet, Presenter Moderator: Jessica Chaiken |
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3:15-4:30 | NIDILRR TA Panel Invited Presenters: Phillip Beatty, Pimjai Sudsawad, Shelley Reeves Moderator: Wendy Strobel Gower |
Plaza Ballroom |
5:00-6:00 | Reception | Plaza Foyer |
5:00-6:00 | Poster Sessions – Accepted posters:
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Plaza Foyer |
Wednesday, April 26th, 8am to 3pm
Time | Session | Location |
8:00-10:00 | Registration | Second Floor Lobby |
9:00-10:15 | Keynote: Plenary Panel of the Equity Centers Community Living Equity Center, Brandeis University. Teresa Nguyen, Kim The, and Jennifer Lee-Rambharose, Presenters. Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Advancing Employment Equity for Multiply Marginalized People with Disabilities (LU2E-RRTC). Corey L. Moore, RhD, Edward O. Manyibe, and Andre L. Washington, Presenters RRTC on Equity in Health and Functioning for Adults with Physical, Cognitive, Sensory, and Developmental Disabilities from Marginalized Communities. Michele A. Meade, PhD, & Reshawna Chapple, PhD, Presenters Moderator: Kathleen Murphy |
Salon I & II |
BREAK | ||
10:25-11:25 | Concurrent Session: Best Paper Award Presentation: Respondents with Disabilities Missed by Federal Survey Questions Jean P. Hall & Andrew Myers, Presenters Moderator: Sarah von Schrader |
Salon I |
Concurrent Session: Employment, Education, and Mental Health Revolutionizing Equity as an Expression of Participatory Disability Justice: Enacting Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies within the Long Term Services Research Process. Dennis Heaphy, Presenter Making Research More Inclusive for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Sarah Lineberry, Presenter Using Principles of Implementation Science and User-Centered Design in the Development of a Promising School-Based Mental Health Intervention. Kathryn Sabella, Presenter Moderator: Jessica Chaiken |
Salon II | |
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11:30-12:45 | Lunch and Best Paper and Poster Award, NARRTC Awards Presentations | Salon I & II |
12:55-1:55 | Panel: Implications of the Disability Inclusion Recommendations Recently Endorsed By the NIH ACD. Jae Kennedy, Presenter Moderator: Jean Hall |
Salon I |
Concurrent Session: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access in Employment Expanding Rural Self-Employment Opportunity in Vocational Rehabilitation and Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Programs. Catherine Ipsen, Presenter Exploring Factors of Employability Among African American Non-Veteran Homelessness. Terrilyn Battle, Galicia Ethridge, Presenters Considerations for Serving Transition-age Hispanic Youth with Disabilities in State Vocational Rehabilitation Programs, Yazmin Castruita Rios, Jay Kim, Catherine Anderson, Marcus Weathers, Jr., Presenters Moderator: Wendy Strobel Gower |
Salon II | |
2:00-3:00 | NIDILRR and ACL Updates Invited Presenter: Anjali Forber-Pratt, PhD, Director Moderator: Jae Kennedy |
Salon I & II |
COVID-19 Policies and Procedures
Public Health Request: Out of consideration for NARRTC members who are immune compromised, vulnerable to Covid-19 infection, interact with individuals who are vulnerable, or live with vulnerable household members, please wear a mask during the NARRTC Conference except when you are speaking during a session, drinking a beverage, or eating.