{"id":74975,"date":"2025-06-02T09:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T16:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=74975"},"modified":"2025-06-02T09:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T16:55:18","slug":"ihd-conference-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/ihd-conference-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU\u2019s Evidence for Success Disability Conference comes to the Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Arizona University\u2019s Institute for Human Development<\/a> will host the 26th annual Evidence for Success Disability Conference June 23-24 at Wild Horse Pass Resort in Chandler.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of Arizona\u2019s premier disability events, the conference brings together more than 400 professionals, educators, students, advocates and families from throughout the state. This year\u2019s event features more than 60 educational sessions, 45-plus exhibitors and conversations covering key topics in disability services, assistive technology and American Indian vocational rehabilitation. Several NAU staff members, including leaders from IHD, the Arizona Technology Access Program (AzTAP) and the College of Education, also will present at the conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a university-affiliated program, this year\u2019s conference offers expanded opportunities for student engagement. Highlights include student poster presentations on Monday, June 23, from 1:30-5 p.m., providing emerging professionals with a platform to showcase their work. University and college students are eligible for a 50% discount on registration and are encouraged to attend both the educational sessions and networking events.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, the conference will open its Exhibit Hall to the public\u2014free of charge\u2014on Monday afternoon. Students and community members can explore hands-on assistive technology, connect with disability-related organizations and attend poster presentations during this open period. Students are also encouraged to attend faculty-led \u201cguided experiences\u201d in occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech-language pathology.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keynote speaker Lawrence Weru, a biomedical informatics researcher at Harvard Medical School, will deliver a talk about artificial intelligence titled \u201cNavigating the Opportunities & Challenges for Disability-Inclusive AI.\u201d Closing speaker Rachel Simon is the New York Times bestselling author of \u201cRiding the Bus with My Sister\u201d and is a leading literary author writing about characters with intellectual and developmental disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attendees and the general public are invited to a free community networking reception Monday evening with refreshments, door prizes and a special performance by Detour Company Theatre,<\/span> an organization devoted to providing stage and performance experiences for adults with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To register, browse student-specific options or learn more, visit <\/span>ihdconference.org<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>bit.ly\/student-programing<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Northern<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJill Kimball | NAU Communications
\n(928) 523-2282 | jill.kimball@nau.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northern Arizona University\u2019s Institute for Human Development will host the 26th annual Evidence for Success Disability Conference June 23-24 at Wild Horse Pass Resort in Chandler. One of Arizona\u2019s premier disability events, the conference brings together more than 400 professionals, educators, students, advocates and families from throughout the state. This year\u2019s event features more than…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":74976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}