2025 Annual Disability Statistics Conference
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 4:30 pm (ET), In-Person Registration begins at 10:30 am (start and end time are subject to change)
Location: Streaming online via Zoom and in-person at the Holiday Inn, 550 C St SW, Washington, DC 20024
Cost: Free
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Opening Remarks & Session 1: Annual Disability Statistics Collection
Opening Remarks: Megan Henly (UNH)
Moderator: Kartik Trivedi (UNH)
- Presentation 1: Annual Report on Americans w/Disabilities, Andrew Houtenville (UNH)
- Presentation 2: Disability Statistics Compendium, Stacia Bach/Nate Thomas (UNH)
- Presentation 3: Build Your Own Custom Table, Andrew Houtenville (UNH)
- Presentation 4: New External Factors Database and Community (EFDC), Nathan Thomas (UNH)
Keynote Fireside Chat
Participants: Andy Imparato (Disability Rights California) and Andrew Houtenville (UNH)
(No slides)
Session 2: Utilization of Disability Statistics
Moderator: Megan Henly (UNH)
- Presentation 1: Local Perspectives on the Social Determinants of Health, Raeda Anderson (Shepherd Center)
- Presentation 2: Disability Data in Transportation Reform, Dale Verchick (Disability Rights Pennsylvania)
- Presentation 3: Using Disability Statistics in DRM Projects and Initiatives, Kristen Milefchik (Disability Rights Michigan)
Session 3: Survey Methods and Intellectual Disability
Moderator: Hyun Ju Kim (UNH)
- Presentation 1: Cognitive Accessibility for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures, Ariel Schwartz (UNH)
- Presentation 2: A Mixed-Method Approach to Confirm and Contextualize Self-Reported Outcomes in Individuals with IDD: Experiences from the National Core Indicators In-Person Survey, Allison Howland (Indiana University Bloomington)
- Presentation 3: Survey Design for People with Developmental Disabilities: Focusing on the Survey on the Work & Life of Persons with Developmental Disabilities in Korea, Yegick Lim (Korean Employment Agency for People with Disabilities)