In today's rapidly evolving work landscape, the significance of fostering diversity and inclusion cannot be overstated. One critical facet of this inclusivity is the employment of people with disabilities. Through sharing our experiences in this endeavor, we aim to break down barriers, raise awareness, and inspire change.

The college or university years for any young person is a powerful time of seasoning, maturation, growth, and networking, serving as a bridge to a successful career and productive life. Across the world, students with intellectual and developmental disabilities have been excluded from higher education and often from mainstream, typical schools. Dr. Thomas Neuville will discuss the program's founding, successful inclusive education principles, adapting materials, credentials, testing, overcoming faculty resistance, and working with students and families.

Social Role Valorization (SRV) is a powerful set of ideas about assisting people to have full, rich, meaningful lives. SRV provides a high-order framework for understanding our society and the place people with disabilities tend to hold within it. SRV thinking is also accompanied by very practical implementation strategies to help people with disabilities have access to the good things in life. This overview event will present the idea of assisting people with disabilities and other devalued conditions to have positive social roles as a productive and helpful response to wounding life experiences.