To bring together a a global imagination to the 2010 SDS conference, This year's conference will take place in Philadelphia Pensylvania at the Temple University. To be held from June 2 to June 5 of 2010, the conference anticipates bringing scholars from around the nation and many countries. Respond to this year's conference theme "disability in the global imagination" by applying to submit a proposal for the 2010 conference. Read more

The Society for Disability Studies is pleased to announce a
call for proposals for its 22nd annual conference.

Dates: June 2-5, 2010

Host: Institute on Disabilities, Temple University

Location: Howard Gittis Student Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Submission Forms: All proposals must use the SDS CFP submission form available at the 2010 SDS conference site

Proposal Deadline: Midnight EST, December 15, 2009

Society for Disability Studies seeks locations for Annual Conferences in 2011 through 2014

CFP deadline extended to December 18, 2010

Welcome to the Society for Disability Studies' annual 2010 conference. The conference will be held from June 2 to June 5, 2010 at the Howard Gittis Student Center, Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Read the conference announcement to learn more details. Read more

In an effort to better understand the experiences of the conference attendees, the SDS Board of Directors developed this evaluation tool. It is extremely important that we hear from you! Your confidential responses are very important to us as we reflect on the strengths and challenges of the recent conference and move forward with planning future conferences.
Thank you very much for your assistance.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17

AV & Moderator Training Agave Ballroom
1:15pm – 1:45pm

Breakout Session I: 2:00pm – 3:15pm

1.1 Neuro-Diversity: Autism and Disability Culture Joshua Tree
1.2 Doing Race, Doing Gender, Doing Time Presidio I
1.3 Law and Disability Presidio II

Breakout Session II: 3:45pm - 5:00pm

2.1 Disability in the Media Presidio I
2.2 Global Disability Presidio II
2.3 The Children’s Hour Joshua Tree

Breakout Session III: 5:30pm - 6:45pm

3.1 Resistance Movements Presidio II Read more

Last revised: June 19, 2009

this page provides the schedule for the 2009 22nd annual SDS Conference. Use the links below to jump to a particular day's schedule. Days are located at heading level 3. Major events such as breakout sessions, round tables, and plenary sessions are located at heading level 4, and individual sessions are located at heading level 5. Session moderators and room numbers are located at heading level 6. Read more

The annual conference for the Society for Disability Studies brings together between 400 and 500 scholars, activists, artists, writers, and others interested in disability studies. Participants come from all across the United States and countries outside the U.S.

Sponsoring SDS's conference presents a prime opportunity to reach unique audiances that are typically not found anywhere else.

• Companies can reach scholars interested in disability studies at a minimal cost.
• Artists and authors can reach a unique audiance whose interests resonate with their work.

To meet the needs of variety of SDS constituencies (including individuals and institutions), different payment methods will be accepted for the 2009 conference registration.

In adition to accepting standard credit cards such as master, Visa, American Express, discover and diner's club, SDS will also accept payment by check. Read more

22nd Annual Conference

Society for Disability Studies

This page describes policies for conference registration and other related terms for participants and speakers.

Registration

important dates

the online conference registration will be open until Sunday June 14, 2009. Registration for the conference after June 14 will take place at the conference site. Dates and times will be announced as more information becomes available.

early-bird