LEND Lived Experience Symposium scheduled for March 27

When: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Where: WVU Health Sciences, Room 1901 Fukishima Auditorium (click to view Health Sciences map)
64 Medical Center Dr,
Morgantown, WV 26506

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This Lived Experience Symposium will include a keynote presentation and panel discussion about living with a disability, healthcare, leadership, advocacy, and societal stigma. Experts with lived experience, including people with disabilities, caregivers of a person with a disability, and providers, will discuss their lived experience and share their perspectives of societal impact on their day-to-day lives. Participants will gain a disability perspective from various disability leaders to support inclusive practice in their daily lives.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the perspective of people with lived disability experiences
2. Recognize the value of considering a disability perspective as a provider or community member
3. Connect lived disability experience with societal inclusion, universal design, and advocacy

Schedule:

• 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.: Registration
• 6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.: Keynote, Dr. Toni Saia
• 6:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.: Break
• 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Panel discussion, Lived Disability Experience
• 8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: Q&A

Sponsored by WVU MCH LEND program, FAST grant, WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities, and the WVU Health Sciences Center Director of Diversity.