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2025 Annual Disability Statistics Conference

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

11:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET

Location: Online and In-person

Format: Hybrid


The 2025 Annual Disability Statistics Conference, hosted by the Center for Research on Disability, provides a platform to present and discuss the latest data on disability demographics, with a focus on making disability statistics easily accessible for individuals working on disability-related legislation and initiatives; attendees can participate in-person or virtually, with live captioning and ASL interpretation available.

Attend the 2025 Annual Disability Statistics Conference in person or live online on March 19, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET.

This collection makes finding and using disability statistics easier for individuals working on legislative and other matters relating to persons with disabilities.

Live captioning and ASL interpretation will be provided during the event.

 

10:30 AM ET [In Person Participants] Registration

 

11:00 AM ET Introduction

Megan Henly (UNH)

 

11:10 AM ET Session 1: Annual Disability Statistics Collection

Moderator: John O’Neill (Kessler Foundation)

Presentation: Annual Report on Americans w/Disabilities, Andrew Houtenville (UNH)

Presentation: Disability Statistics Compendium, Stacia Bach (UNH)

Presentation: Build Your Own Custom Table, Andrew Houtenville (UNH)

Presentation: New External Factors Database and Community (EFDC), Nathan Thomas (UNH)

Questions and Answers

 

12:15 PM ET - 15 minute break

 

12:30 PM ET Lunch Hour and Keynote Fireside Chat: The Power of Disability Data and Storytelling in Framing Our Policy Agenda

Participant: Andy Imparato (Disability Rights California)

Participant: Andrew Houtenville (UNH)

Participant: TBD (TBD)

Questions and Answers

 

1:40 PM ET Session 2: Utilization of Disability Statistics

Moderator: Megan Henly (UNH)

Presentation: Local Perspectives on the Social Determinants of Health, Raeda Anderson (Shepherd Center)

Presentation: Disability Data in Transportation Reform, Dale Verchick (Disability Rights Pennsylvania)

Presentation: Using Disability Statistics in DRM Projects and Initiatives, Kristen Milefchik (Disability Rights Michigan)

Questions and Answers

 

2:50 PM ET - 10 minute break

 

3:00 PM ET Session 3: Survey Methods and Intellectual Disability

Moderator: Hyun Ju Kim (UNH)

Presentation: Cognitive Accessibility for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures, Ariel Schwartz (UNH)

Presentation: A Mixed-Method Approach to Confirm and Contextualize Self-Reported Outcomes in Individuals with IDD: Experiences from the National Core Indicators In-Person Survey, Allison Howland (Indiana University Bloomington)

Presentation: Survey Design for People with Developmental Disabilities: Focusing on the Survey on the Work & Life of Persons with Developmental Disabilities in Korea, Yegick Lim (Korean Employment for People with Disabilities)

Questions and Answers

 

4:15 PM ET Closing Comments

Andrew Houtenville (UNH)

 

4:30 PM ET Adjourn

 

 

Access the original event page here.


Topics: Health and Wellness