Emily Voorde - Keynote Speaker

Kim Musheno - Luncheon Speaker

Disability Summit 2025

State Representative Joseph Hohenstein

Get ready to break barriers and celebrate diversity at the Disability Summit 2025 - a day of empowerment, inclusion, and innovation!

Howard Gittis Student Center

Our 2025 Disability Summit has SOLD OUT! 

We are sorry you won't be able to join us in person, but you can join us virtually on our livestream.

<h3>The 2025 Disability Summit is SOLD OUT! The Disability Summit will be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjtqNtfs0bgVrMYIO3pw2I9nEP2akB-O7" title="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjtqNtfs0bgVrMYIO3pw2I9nEP2akB-O7" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">streamed live</a> for anyone unable to join us.</h3> We are excited to announce this year's theme: Change, Challenge, Celebrate! Change: reviewing the impact of past and present changes in law and policy on the communityChallenge: developing tools and skills to overcome obstacles to equality and self-determination for the disability communityCelebrate: recognizing the diversity of lived experiences for people with disabilities and lifting up their leadership for all of society Here is an overview of some of the programming to expect! Keynote by Emily Voorde, Founder of Into Strategies, speaking on leadership development in the disability community Luncheon speaker – Kim Musheno, Senior Director of Medicaid Policy, The Arc of the United States, speaking on the impact of federal Medicaid cuts Focused panels on: Self-Directed Autism Service – led by former House Speaker Denny O’Brien; former Philadelphia Councilmember Derek Green; and State Representative Abigail Salisbury The Current Landscape and Future of Assistive Technology: Insights from Every Angle - led by Tyler McCready of KenCrest and Alana Raffl of TechOWL, Institute on Disabilities at Temple Disability Leadership Development – led by Emily Voorde and Shane Feldman of Innivee Strategies Raising Your Voice for Positive Change – a panel discussion featuring people with lived disability experience, led by Jamie Ray-Leonetti, Temple Intitute on Disabilities Legislative Policy Hearing with legislators from the Policy Committee of the Democratic House Caucus: reviewing the report and recommendations of the Pennsylvania Tech Accelerator and draft legislation for Technology First initiatives that seek to improve accessibility to state government services for all members of the disability community More to be announced! Lunch will be provided.

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