Disability Awareness

Upcoming ALLIED Events for Spring 2024

  • January 26, 2024 – Wheelchair technology for accessibility [Speaker : Dr. Rory A. Cooper]

  • February 9, 2023 – Book on Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age [Speaker : Meryl Alper]

  • February 23, 2023 – Suicide Prevention Advocacy [Speaker : Amelia Noor Oshiro]

  • March 15, 2023 – Disability Awareness [Speaker : Logan Gin]

  • April 12, 2023 – Modern Autism Discourse – Conversations with an Autistic Speech-Language Pathologist [Speaker : Rachel Dorsey]

Past ALLIED Events

  • December 8, 2023 – Improving Healthcare Access [Speaker : Karen Turner]

  • November 17, 2023 – Disability Advocacy at Colleges and Universities [Speaker : Arenal Haut, Aleksa Kaye, Oyin Olagbegi, Anna Ohrt]

  • November 3, 2023 – Increasing Acessibility at Northeastern University [Speaker : Abigail Bemis, Ashnu Cassod, Charles Wallace, Hannah Kim]

  • October 27, 2023 – Triumph over Vision loss – mentorship with Jordan [Speaker : Jordan Rodriguez]

  • October 13, 2023 – Neurodiversity Affirming and Speech Language Services [Speaker : Joy Mikhail]

  • September 29, 2023 – Impact of disability programming in healthcare [Speaker : Zary Amirhosseni]

  • April 7, 2023 – Building an Inclusive & Diverse Community [Speaker : Dr. Karl Reid]

  • March 31, 2023 – Audiobook Leading Blind without Vision [Speaker : Welby Broaddus]

  • March 24, 2023 – Down Syndrome Awareness [Speaker : Dr. Kathryn Connaghan]

  • March 17, 2023 – Adaptive Communication Technology [Speaker : Samantha Johnson]

  • February 24, 2023 – Partners for Youth with Disabilities [Speaker : Mel Luen]

  • February 17, 2023 – Eating Disorder Awareness [Speaker : Dr. Rachel Rodgers]

  • February 10, 2023 – Disability Law Center [Speaker : Rizwanul Huda]

  • December 1, 2022 – Building a non -profit for the deaf community [Speaker : Valerie Shirley]

  • November 17, 2022 – Building a community around disabilities  [Speaker : Johanna Murdock]

  • November 10, 2022 – World Usability Day [Speakers : Priyanka Jalan and Priyanka Tyagi from Enabling Engineering]

  • November 3, 2022 – Stress Management [Speaker : Mikaela Laine]

  • October 27, 2022 – Disability Mentoring [Speaker : Dr. Mona Minkara , Dr. Sandra Shefalbine, Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen]

  • October 20, 2022 – Roundtable Discussion : Mental Health

  • October 13, 2022 – Disability Employment Awareness  [Speaker : David Fuecker]

  • October 6, 2022 – World Dyslexia Day [ Speaker :  Dr. Iris Berent]

  • April 8, 2022 – Unlearning ableism [Speaker : Michelle Wallace]

  • April 1, 2022 –  Campus planning for accessibility [Speaker : Troy Leonard]

  • March 25, 2022 –  Making events accessible for the deaf [Speakers : Rachel Berman-Kobylarz, Alma Bournazian, Krishna Madaparthi,

    Betsy Ireland]

  • March 4, 2022 – Students Round Table Discussion – COVID and Disability

  • February 25, 2022 – Claiming disability as an identity [Speaker : Ariel Lesnick]

  • February 18, 2022 – Disability Resource Center – Our Role in Student Success [Speaker : Mary Barrows]

  • February 11, 2022 – Making digital content accessible: From PDF’s to websites [Speaker : Sina Bahram]

  • February 4, 2022 – Invisible disability: Mental health & navigating higher education [Speakers : Chris Parsons, Melissa Ferrick]

  • January 21, 2022 – Disability Rights by [Speaker : Christine Griffin]

  • November 18, 2021 – Enabling Engineering [Speaker : Waleed Meleis]

  • October 29, 2021 – Building science for all audiences : A panel discussion of blind scientists [Speakers : Hoby Wedler, Mona Minkara,

    Sheri Wells-Jensen, Wanda Diaz-Merced]

  • October 12, 2021 –  Inaugural event of the ALLIED Project [Speaker : Sara Minkara]