Greetings from the organizers of the 4th Annual Symposium for Disability and Accessibility at Yale. We are currently seeking out Graduate Students, Advanced Undergraduates and Disability Community Members to moderate panels over the course of the Symposium from April 7-12, 2025. As we engage this year’s theme––“ADA35: Disability Theory; Disability in Practice; Disability as Culture”–– we purposely would like to engage diverse voices within the Disability and Accessibility communities by inviting interested interlocketters to be apart of the conversation. Moderators will be responsible for engaging presenters prior to the day of the event to create questions and discussion points during the Q&A/Discussion portion of each panel or theme. Symposium, organizers will also assist in connecting the selected moderator with presenters and ensuring that moderators have the support they need to ensure a meaningful conversation.
Topics, dates and times in which we seek moderators are as follows:
Monday April 7, 2025: 4-6pm EDT: Disability, media and the arts
Monday April 7, 2025: 6-10pmEDT: ReelAbilities; Disability Documentary Filmmaking
Tuesday April 8, 2025: 5:30-6:30pm EDT: Informal Grad and Professional Student Conversations
Wednesday April 9, 2024: 11am-2:05pm EDT: 1. Disability and the Arts; 2. At the nexus of Disability, Medicine, Technology and Institutionalizzation
Wednesday April 9, 2025: 2:10-3:45pm EDT: Disability and Care Work
Wednesday April 9, 2025: 3:55-7pm EDT: Creating Access/Employment for PWDs
Friday April 11, 2025: 10am-10:45am EDT: Veterans on Campus
Friday April 11, 2025: 11-11:45am EDT; Organizations Supporting PWDs: and International Glance
Friday April 11, 2025: 12-12:45pm EDT: Considering Neurodiversity
Friday April 11, 2025: 2-2:45pm EDT
Friday April 11, 2025: 4-5:15pm EDT: Fitness and Recreation for PWDs
Saturday April 12, 2025: time tbd: The Blind Dance Company (in person and virtual components)
Please keep in mind that all of the listed events will be held virtually unless otherwise noted.
If you are interested in participating as a moderator, please email Kenya Loudd at kenya.loudd@yale.edu no later than December 20, 2025. In your email please:
1. Place “Call for Moderators” in the subject line
2. Provide a brief overview of who you are, what your positionality in the Disability Community is (i.e. Graduate Student, Undergraduate student, your institution/organization, community member, etc) and why this positionality makes you a good fit as a moderator.
3. Which day, time and panel you are interested in moderating
4. Any other information you would like to provide
For more information on the Symposium, please visit our websit! We look forward to being in conversation with you soon.
In Community,
Kenya Loudd
Symposium organizer