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Inspire Student Confidence and Independence through Perseverance and Growth in the Arts

Adam Goldberg
Using Design Examples in Arts Courses as On-Going Advocacy for Inclusion in Art and Design Teaching and Projects

Samantha Goss
What Are We Teaching Teachers: A Call to Reimagine Inclusivity in Art Education

Christopher Hanson
How Can Heterogeneity Be Countered with the Help of Digital Media

Beatte Hennenberg
Whole Body Learning: Making Trauma Informed Education Universal

Abby Neale
Verbatim Bodies: for a Theater that Emerges from the Physicality of the Performers

Tra Nguyen
Creating Accessibility in Classical Music Institutions

Erin Parkes
Learning Disabilities in Higher Education: Musical Timing Deficits and Remediation Strategies

Sara Raviotta
Arts-Based Education: Key to Success

Elise Sobol
What Does Inclusion Truly Look Like, and Who Gets to Decide?

Elizabeth Staal
Making Arts Programming Accessible

Kaileigh Anne Tayek
Collaborative Initiatives for Mindful Education Through the Arts in Inclusive Classroom Environments

Shannon Vogel, Sheila Scott, and Bobbi Schaminee
Music for All: Developing Music Instruction for Students with Higher Support Needs

Brian Wagner-Yeung
Representation and Diversity in the General Music Classroom

Miles Wilcox
Inclusive Bands: Creating Music Together

Shirley Winner
Linking Music, Language, and Literacy: Using Research to Create an Inclusive Music Classroom Accessible to Diverse Learners

Jennifer Zuk, Kathleen Gallagher, and Jessica Wyton
Emelyne Bingham: Keynote Presentation

Emelyne Bingham
Figure On Diversity: Benefits of Life Drawing and Representation in Arts Education

Angela DeCarlis
Act for Advocacy

Wendy Duke and Ruben Ryan
Call to Action: Disabled Parents in the Arts

Fran Flaherty and Ruth Fabby
Critical Disability Studies: Implications for Justice-Oriented Arts Education

Jenna Gabriel
The Importance of Anti-Ableist Perspectives in Preservice Art Education: A Post-Session Interview with Jenna Gabriel and Anh Ha

Jenna Gabriel and Ahn Ha
Teaching is Activism! Implementing the Arts as catalyst to accessing a deeper understanding of equity and our universal interconnectedness

Adam Goldberg
When They See Us: Intersectionality and Ableism in Special Education

Aliza Greenberg and Alyssa Liles-Amponsah
At the Intersection of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Universal Design

Alicia Greene and Celia Watson