Day One Intensives
A small group breaks out during one of the Day One Intensives.
The filmmakers of Fantasy A Gets a Mattress make participants laugh during an acting workshop they held as part of the Day One Intensives.
Opening General Session
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| TASH Executive Director Michael Brogioli opens the Conference at the Friday General Session and introduces keynote speaker, Carol A. Beatty, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Disabilities, who spoke on “Advancing Opportunity for All: The Maryland Experience!” | |
Poster Presentations
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Barbara R. Trader Leadership Award recipient and Community Options President and CEO, Robert Stack, with TASH Executive Director, Michael Brogioli.
TASHbash Dance
DJ J Retro busy at work playing tunes for the people.
Actor Chris Burke, the former lead in the ABC Series “Life Goes On” (1989-1993) and newly elected TASH Board member, Brandon Gruber.
Membership Luncheon and Award Ceremony
Please join us in congratulating this year’s award recipients:
- Alice H. Hayden Emerging Leader Award: Emily Malouf
- Barbara R. Trader Leadership Award: Robert Stack
- Early Career Researcher Award: Grace Francis
- June Downing Breakthroughs in Inclusive Education Award: Kate Cavanaugh
- Larry J. Brumond Supportive Relationship Award: Martin Moyet & Isaac Sugar
- Marc Gold Employment Award: Rebecca Salon
- Positive Images in the Media Award: Diana Pastora Carson
- Ralph Edwards Diversity and Social Impact Award: Oanh Thi Thu Bui
- TASH’s Lifetime Achievement Award: Bob Williams
Larry J. Brumond Supportive Relationship Award winners Martin Moyet and Isaac Sugar.
Marc Gold Employment Award winner Rebecca Salon.
Ralph Edwards Diversity and Social Impact Award winner Oanh Thi Thu Bui poses with Ralph Edwards.
TASH Board President Jean Gonsier-Gerdin presents the Lifetime Achievement Award to Bob Williams.
Left to right: Pauline Bosma, Oscar Hughes and Nora Johnsen discuss Our Lives, Our Choices, Our Rights! The Rainbow Support Group Guidebook for LGBTQ+ and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Closing General Session
Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt, the Director of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), addresses the Saturday General Session on the topic of “Disability Inclusivity and Representation in Research”.
The TASH Conference is also important as one of two times per year when the TASH Board of Directors meets in-person and also as the occasion when the newly elected Board members attend their first meeting. This year the Board added Brandon Gruber, Sheldon Schwitek and Magen Rooney-Kron, PhD. Deborah Taub was reelected to a second term.
See You in 2024!
Save the date: the 2024 TASH Conference will be in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 5–7, 2024.
