The HLAA 2023 Convention is June 29-July 1 in New Orleans (NOLA)! This year the Exhibit Hall, educational workshops, demo presentations, social events, and Research Symposium will all be held under one roof at the New Orleans Marriott. When you aren’t learning and networking at our communication accessible convention, you can explore the rich architecture of the French Quarter, take in jazz music on Frenchman Street, and dine on Creole-inspired cuisine.

Held in Washington, D.C., during July, the Special Education Legislative Summit (SELS) is an opportunity for educators from across the country to make a difference by advocating for change with Members of Congress. Hill visits will take place in person on Tuesday, July 11th, subject to the in-person policies of Congressional offices. 

After three years of being virtual, NADD is excited to announce the 21st NADD State of Ohio MI/ID Conference will be held in person July 10 & 11, 2023 at the Columbus Marriott Northwest in Dublin, Ohio. This conference provides opportunities to share insights, learn together, and be in community with others dedicated to advocacy and to advancing research, knowledge, and best practices in the IDD/MI dual diagnosis community. The conference content is provided by industry experts and highlights topics that support and value individuals with IDD/MI.

This event is the Global Corporate Disability Inclusion Event of the Year. It offers seven different tracks on different areas of accessibility efforts in the workplace.

Schools Connect is back in person for 2023! Join at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California, for 2½ days of education and networking, created by school-based SLPs exclusively for school-based SLPs.

Forge connections with school-based SLPs and SLPAs who experience the same challenges and share your passion for working with children. Engage with knowledgeable presenters, practicing clinicians, ASHA staff and volunteers, and product and service providers.

In this live, in- person conference, Temple will give valuable information based on her new book, “Autism and Education,” Dr. Temple Grandin discusses the real issues that parents, teachers, and kids face every day.

Dr. Grandin offers do’s and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her insider perspective and extensive research. Interestingly, she argues that education for kids on the autism spectrum must focus on their overlooked strengths to foster their unique contributions to the world.

Don’t miss this opportunity to ask your questions in person, purchase a signed book and have a photo taken with Temple.

The DeafTEC Resource Center is partnering with AHEAD to provide a unique professional development opportunity for faculty and disability services personnel on fostering equitable higher education experiences for students with disabilities. This professional development will allow participants to develop a network of colleagues with whom they can share ideas, and discuss issues and experiences in STEM programming for students who are deaf or hard of hearing as well as those students with other disabilities.

AHEAD is excited to announce its 46th annual conference, Equity & Excellence: Access in Higher Education, as an in-person professional development and networking event. Presenters and participants from diverse fields, including education, technology, law, scholarship, and government, will gather in Portland in July.

Join the National Down Syndrome Congress' 51st Annual Convention from July 20 to 23, 2023, in Orlando, Florida for another year of learning, friendship making and nonstop dancing!

Each year, thousands come from around the globe to attend the NDSC Annual Convention. For many, it’s to hear from world-renowned experts; for others, it’s to take a one-of-a-kind vacation. But what brings everyone back, year after year, is the feeling of an international family reunion found nowhere other than NDSC's Convention weekend.

Get ready for a new RESNA conference experience that will inspire and rejuvenate you!

• 2 ½ days of education, networking, product demonstrations, scientific paper platforms, student competitions, and roundtables
• Multiple opportunities to connect with fellow attendees
• See, touch, feel and try out the latest AT products in the new “Experience Hall”
• Practical tips to take home and implement immediately
• Learn about emerging trends and new technologies
• Earn IACET CEUs 

Summer Leadership Institute, hosted by The Arc and its National Conference of Executives (NCE), unites executives, leaders, and professionals from across the disability sector in pursuit of a shared mission. The Summer Leadership Institute’s goal is for everyone to work better and smarter towards a shared purpose: ensuring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) achieve their full civil and human rights and are fully included in their communities.

Attendees engage in constructive dialogue and discussion, gain valuable knowledge of current issues facing the disability community, and receive educational materials to help further develop and hone their professional skills.

This year’s event focuses heavily on the most pressing issues in the disability community, including the intersection of race and disability, funding for home and community based services, Social Security and SSI policy developments, the DSP workforce crisis, building powerful boards, and much more.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for addressing the educational needs of diverse and variable learners in many settings across many stages of life. It is a means to eradicate persistent inequities in education—and it is an even more powerful tool when used as a lens for shaping educational systems, designs, and initiatives.

This year’s Annual Symposium invites experts across a variety of fields to explore more deeply the ways in which UDL can be used as a lens to see the work of teaching and learning. We hope to both highlight the promising ways UDL has already made great practices even better and to co-create a vision for making UDL ubiquitous as a lens for our collective work of designing learning without limits.

The Autism conference provides comprehensive, evidence-based information to assist educators, other professionals, and families in developing effective educational programming for all students with autism spectrum disorders.