About this Event
Disability Rights Arizona, formerly Arizona Center for Disability Law, and its partners are excited to announce the 13th Annual African American Conference on Disabilities (AACD).
The conference will offer the opportunity to select among twenty different disability-related workshops and three general sessions.
There are a limited number of scholarships for families to attend the conference. For more information, please contact Renaldo Fowler, [email protected].
Light Breakfast and Lunch will be included.
**If you need reasonable accommodations, please email [email protected] by May 17, 2024.**
**Payments for tickets other than credit card, such as purchase orders, checks or invoices, please contact [email protected]**
A discount will be offered for those who stay at the hotel to attend the conference.
These are the steps on booking your rooms:
www.hyatt.com
Enter: Hyatt Regency Phoenix
Enter: Dates of your stay
Go to Special Rates
Go to Special Offer Code
Enter: CHEERS
Click Find Hotels Button
Discounted rate of $11.00 parking for the day at the Chase Garage on 201 N. 1st, Phoenix, Arizona.
Bring your ticket inside to validate.
- Disability Rights Arizona
- Arizona Center for African American Resources (AzCAAR)
- Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Northern Arizona University Institute for Human Development
- University of Arizona Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities
- Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
- Valley Toyota Dealers
- Dignity Health
- DIRECT Advocacy and Resource Center
- TD SYNNEX
- Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC)
- American Association of People with Disabilities (REV UP)
- Mark's The Spot Salon
Interested in being a sponsor, exhibitor or vendor for the 2024 AACD? CLICK HERE!
Highlights for this year's conference include:
Breaking Barriers, Creating Futures: An Engaging Workshop Redefining Educational Pathways, Empowerment, and Unity for Black Girls and Women across Generations.
Special Education and Section 504 Law
Meeting the needs of Students with Health Care needs--focus on diabetes and sickle cell
Patient Success: Accommodating Patients with Disabilities in Healthcare Settings and Beyond
Civil Rights and Adult Guardianship Alternatives
An International prospective on Trauma: Common Threads from Phoenix to Nairobi
The Kingman Project
How to Reach a Successful Employment Goal with the Help of Arizona Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services
Exploring The Triple A Effect- Through The Many Hats of Advocacy!
AZ ABLE Accounts: How to Protect Benefits and Build Financial Security
Pregnancy experiences of Black and Latina mothers with physical disabilities: A peer researcher model
Accessible Elections
Embracing Identity - Youth Panel
Fair Housing: Reasonable Accommodations and Modifications under Fair Housing Act
Traumatic Brain Injury and Accommodations
Keynote Speakers:
Arizona Secretary of State, The Honorable Adrian Fontes
Dr. Elizabeth Holliday Morgan, Ph.D, Sacramento State University
Commissioner Thomas Hicks, U.S. Elections Assistance Commission, Washington, D.C.
Thomas M. Collins, Executive Director, Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission
2024 Conference Schedule
Registration – Foyer .....................................................................7:00-8:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks and Welcome - Regency Ballroom...............7:45-8:30 a.m.
Meet the Vendors - Atrium...................................................8:15-8:50 a.m.
Session 1 - Workshops.................................................................9:00-10:15 a.m.
Break................................................................................10:15-10:30 a.m.
Session 2 Workshops...................................................................10:30 -11:45 a.m.
Lunch Regency Ballroom......................................................11:50-1:00 p.m.
Session 3 - Workshops.........................................................1:15-2:30 p.m.
Break............................................................................................2:30-2:45 p.m.
Session 4 - Workshops.................................................................2:45-4:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks Regency Ballroom.............................................4:15-5:00 p.m.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Hyatt Regency Phoenix, 122 North 2nd Street, Phoenix, United States
USD 175.00 to USD 10000.00