Setting New Norms for Integrated
& Competitive Employment:
Challenges, Opportunities, Strategies
The 147th AAIDD Annual Meeting will provide a forum for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, students and early career professionals, and advocates to come together to tackle challenges, explore opportunities, and discuss strategies related to integrated and competitive employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). It is an event where we can set new norms for promoting employment and other quality of life outcomes in the face of the complex challenges of the 21st century, including the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Integrated and competitive employment is one of the cornerstones for advancing equity and inclusion. Achieving quality employment outcomes will require systemic reforms, tiered systems of support and services, interagency collaborations, and the recognition of post-pandemic changes in the workforce and workplace.
The conference will:
- Include plenary sessions focused on identifying systems of support, interagency collaborations and other effective strategies in research, policy, and practice, to identify new and innovative ways to promote integrated and competitive employment.
- Feature panel presentations, poster presentations, poster symposia, and networking opportunities for conference participants to learn from one another with a focus on integrated and competitive employment.
- Showcase research, policy, and practice briefs – and opportunity for short and informative updates on the latest from our field advancing integrated and competitive employment.
- Include pre- and post-conference workshops addressing topics in greater depth and across the life course.
AAIDD members have been leaders in producing cutting edge and ground-breaking research, practice, and policy in the field of IDD for over a century, but we are at a critical juncture and need new norms for integrated and competitive employment. We need to devote our research, policy, and practice in the next century to promoting employment and other quality of life outcomes. AAIDD’s role as the leading interdisciplinary professional organization in the field provides a context to engage in cutting-edge research, effective practices, and policy initiatives that set new norms for addressing challenges and develop strategies that support people with IDD in integrated and competitive employment.
To learn more and instructions about submitting a proposal,
Submission Deadline: November 28, 2022 at midnight
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