Disability in Higher Education Summit

The Office for Civil Rights, Title IX Education and Compliance's, Office of the ADA Coordinator, University Health and Wellbeing Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, MSU Libraries, and the Office of Employee Relations are proud to sponsor MSU's Disability Summit.

Our second annual Disability Summit will be held on

Friday, October 3, 2025.

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To subscribe to the Disability Summit mailing list, email listserv@list.msu.edu and copy the command line below in the BODY OF THE MESSAGE (not the subject line): 

SUBSCRIBE MSU-DISABILITY-SUMMIT

You will receive an email from the listserv with a link to confirm your request. (If it's not in your inbox, please check your spam folder.) If you receive an error, check your sent message to ensure the command was in the body of the message and copied exactly as it appears in this message. If you need assistance, please contact ocr.evalynyanna@msu.edu.

• Presentations

  Keynote Speaker - Jay Dolmage

  Student Panel “Exploring Disabled Students’ Experiences at MSU”

  Moving from Compliance to Inclusion

  Image Description Workshop

  Planning & Hosting Accessible Events

  Managing Accommodations: Faculty Panel

  Neurodiversity and Non-Apparent Disabilities

  Fostering Disability Identity in Higher Education

  Exploring Campus Career Accessibility and Supporting Employees with Disabilities

• Who Should Attend?

  With a resource fair, student panels and sessions on these topics - we hope to see you!

  • Creating accessible digital documents
  • Neurodiversity and non-apparent disabilities 
  • Hosting accessible events 
  • Disability identity in higher education
  • Disability in the workplace and careers for college graduates 
  • Doing it Right – faculty managing accommodations well - faculty panel
• Location/Parking

  The Summit will be held at the Kellogg Conference Center located at 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824.

  Parking is included for this event.  If you have a staff permit, you can park in the Kellogg structure.  If you do not have an employee permit, please indicate on your registration and we will send you a validation code before the event if needed.

• Meals
  Gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian options will be offered at all meals.
• Accommodations
  There will be Communication Access in Real-Time (CART) captioning, American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, and nut-free, gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian food options will be offered for meals (breakfast and lunch).   When you register, please list any accomodations you may need.