Breaking Silences: Sex & Disability Conference

Wednesday, November 4, 8 am to Friday, November 6, 2015, 1 pm
Campus: 
Dayton
Student Union, various rooms
Audience: 
Future Students
Current Students
Faculty
Staff
Alumni
The public

This conference represents a proud claiming of disability identity as a natural and normal human experience that enhances, rather than diminishes, one’s sexuality. 

Registration opens August 1! Now accepting conference proposals through July 15.

Audience

  • members of the disability, Deaf, LGBTQ and gender nonconforming communities
  • disability rights activists and allies
  • disability scholars, writers, poets, and artists
  • members of the professional community who serve the disability and/or Deaf communities (e.g. medicine, mental health professionals, education)

Topics

Sexual health, reproductive rights, images of beauty, LGBTQ, gender non-conforming, sexual assault, inter-ability relationships and more...

Goals

To celebrate disability identity and sexuality through the lens of Crip culture.

Learning Objectives

  • Increase cultural competency related to disability and multiculturalism
  • Explore the impact of ableism on sexuality and disability identity
  • Consider sexual freedoms and expression as human rights for all people
  • Identify what can be done to promote equity and disability justice around sexual freedoms
For information, contact
Dr. Julie Williams
Associate Professor, School of Professional Psychology
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