External Conference

Think College, Think DC: Forging an Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

College programs for students with intellectual disability (ID), or inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs, allow students to take college courses related to their personal and career goals, pursue a course of study, and achieve one or more credentials. Hear from our three speakers as they envision an IPSE program (or programs!) that would advance the needs and interests of DC residents with ID and of the broader DC community.

Creating Our Own Lives: College Students with Intellectual Disability

Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium (MIHEC) Learning Community Event. Join us in conversation with Beth Myers, co-editor of Creating Our Own Lives: College Students with Intellectual Disability  (Minnesota, 2023). Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities belong in higher education. Myers and her co-editor, Michael Gill, give voice to young adults with intellectual disability and their experiences in inclusive higher education and offers a powerful challenge to assumptions that intellectual disability is best met with protection or segregation.

APSE Annual Conference 2024

This year's conference theme is Navigating Tomorrow Together!

In addition to connecting to the conference theme, each session must promote competitive, integrated employment. This year we are particularly interested in hearing about programs and strategies to reach underserved populations and/or that incorporate equity, diversity and inclusion principles.Presenters are encouraged to feature advocates and stories of real-life people affected by the covered topic. Researchers can consider the track within which their research best fits.