The Institute for Human Development is proud to sponsor the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Disability Week October 14-17, an annual community outreach event organized and hosted by UMKC’s Disability Alliance affinity group.  Disability Week brings community partners and regional organizations to campus to discuss disability and celebrate the knowledge, creativity and innovations born from our shared experiences. The week’s festivities include a standing art exhibit, performances, panel discussions, workshops and works to make noise, initiate conversations and create community.

Christopher Robin Judson Worth (pictured, left) provided the keynote address at Monday’s opening ceremonies while April Regester (pictured, right), associate professor of Inclusive Education at the University of Missouri, highlighted “Show Me College: Inclusive Post-Secondary Education for All in Missouri” on Tuesday.

The Institute for Human Development’s own Skye VanLanduyt speaks Thursday as part of a panel discussion on “Creating Disability Community on Campus and Beyond.”

Disability activist, researcher and director of the Disability Center at the University of Missouri Ashley Brickley will provide the closing keynote address Friday, 6-8 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public with in-person and hybrid accessibility options. Register in advance for lectures, panels and workshops. More information is available at https://info.umkc.edu/disability-week/.