INORMS 2027
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Alycia Anderson is an international TEDx motivational speaker, disability advocate, DEI & accessibility corporate inclusion champion, podcast host of Pushing Forward with Alycia and founder / CEO of The Alycia Anderson Company, LLC. Alycia’s company focuses on the education and advocacy of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace & in education. Alycia was recently awarded 2022 Employee Business Resource Group (EBRG) Program of the Year. Alycia holds a European Master’s Degree in Adapted Physical Education emphasizing the benefits, practices and principles of inclusion. She is a tennis player, cyclist, identical twin and has been a wheelchair user since birth. Alycia shares her journey globally to help companies and organizations understand the true benefits inherent to building a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace and society. Shining light on how our diversities are core to the qualities that make each of us uniquely qualified and able in life.

Jonathan Mooney’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, HBO, NPR, ABC News, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe. He has spoken in all 50 states and 8 countries on disability and neurodiversity rights and inclusion, inspiring those who live with differences and advocating for change. He is a graduate of Brown University and has published three books: The Short Bus, Learning Outside the Lines, and Normal Sucks.

Meet Bella Santoyo, Otto Lana and William Del Rosario. Collectively, we are the MOD Squad. MOD stands for Mastering Our Destiny. Together we’re showing the world what can be done when given access to communication and the opportunities to use it. We met in a social skills class, but very soon began to challenge our teachers by letting them know we wanted experiences that were real. We fast became “type-ical” friends who planned fun adventures. Each time we go somewhere we make sure we bring our letter boards or AAC that enables us to have real conversations with the community and freely set the communication expectation. One typer can seem unique, but three together are a force that ignites change. We hope that you’ll join us in our mission to make communication accessible for all.

Nicole Tucker-Smith is founder and CEO of Lessoncast, global presenter on Universal Design for Learning, and author of Supercharge Your Professional Learning: 40 Concrete Strategies to Improve Adult Learning. At Lessoncast, the team of expert facilitators guide systemwide implementation of UDL, diverse representation in curriculum, and impactful professional development (PD). She also leads the Jumpstart PD Network, hosts the podcast Did We Learn Anything, and offers materials that promote representation and educator wellness on DiverseDecor.Store. In addition, Nicole co-chairs the UDL Rising to Equity Initiative focused on updating the UDL Guidelines 3.0. Nicole is a former teacher, supervisor of parent support services, principal and systemwide coordinator of professional development for Baltimore County Public Schools, and faculty member for Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Learn more at Lessoncast.com.
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