AUCD 2024 Conference

November 3-6 | Washington, D.C.

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About This Year's Conference

The AUCD Conference brings together more than 1,100 researchers, policymakers, practitioners, professionals, advocates, community leaders, and students. This annual event is designed to promote innovative thinking that will launch disability policy, research, and advocacy initiatives to the next level. With a theme of Stronger Together: Creating a More Inclusive World, this year's Conference focuses on the core of the AUCD Network, recognizing that collaboration is critical to advance the rights and opportunities for and with people with disabilities through research, training, education, and service. We hope you will join us this November in Washington, D.C. where Network members across diverse disciplines and backgrounds and members of the disability community will come together stronger than ever as driving forces to create positive change and to build a more inclusive world for all.

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AUCD is looking forward to welcoming more than 1,100 attendees to the AUCD 2024 Conference this November. Attendees represent a vast network of community leaders, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, professionals, advocates, and students. AUCD is committed to providing sponsors and exhibitors the opportunity to engage with and reach out to attendees. The AUCD Conference is designed to promote innovative thinking that will catapult disability policy, research, and advocacy initiatives to the next level.

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Nominate an Exceptional Leader

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AUCD invites you to nominate someone who inspires you in the spirit of this year’s theme, Stronger Together: Creating a More Inclusive World. Please note that AUCD has made some changes to the awards nomination process this year. Learn more about the changes and requirements for nominations by clicking on the "AUCD Awards Nomination" button below. Awardees will be recognized at the AUCD Awards Ceremony on Monday, November 4 at 6:00 PM during the AUCD 2024 Conference. Nominations are due by Friday, August 2.

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