The Disability & Intersectionality Summit (DIS) is a biennial national conference that centers the multiple oppressions that shape the lived experiences of disabled individuals, as told by disabled people, in a setting organized by disabled activists.

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  • Survivorship and liberation from oppression, violence, trauma
Naomi Ortiz - Mending Spirits: Disabled Mestiza Self-Care

Naomi Ortiz – Mending Spirits: Disabled Mestiza Self-Care

Rebecca Cokley - National Council on Disability: Continuing Intersectional Work

Rebecca Cokley – National Council on Disability: Continuing Intersectional Work

Shain Neumeier

Shain Neumeier – For Your Own Good: Coercive Care in the Lives of Marginalized People

Sorretie Jaro and Pauline Bosma - People First presentation on Leadership and Disability Community

Sorretie Jaro and Pauline Bosma – People First presentation on Leadership and Disability Community

Timotheus Gordon Jr. - Autistic Identity in the African Diaspora

Timotheus Gordon Jr. – Autistic Identity in the African Diaspora

Vilissa Thompson - #DisabilityTooWhite: Disability and its Diversity Problem

Vilissa Thompson – #DisabilityTooWhite: Disability and its Diversity Problem