Skip to main content
Virtual Disability Conference 2022: Raising Expectations
Virtual Disability Conference 2022: Raising Expectations
Times are shown in your local time zone GMT
Uploaded Image

We welcome your ideas and contributions for the 3rd biennial National Virtual Disability Conference to be held online on 21st September 2022. The theme of the 2022 conference is Raising Expectations’.

“Most Australians with disability experience the soft bigotry of low expectations.”  Graeme Innes AM, 2018.

We invite people to join the journey towards developing higher expectations of and for disabled people, through connecting great evidence, projects and people. Send us your ideas by Sunday 15 May 2022.
WHO CAN SUBMIT?
  • We invite individuals or small groups to submit proposals for presentations, group discussions or posters.
  • People with disability are encouraged to submit a proposal, individually or as part of a group.
  • Policy makers, service providers, practitioners and researchers are all invited to submit proposals.
WHAT TO SUBMIT?
WHAT DO WE WANT?
  • Your presentation should be relevant to our conference theme – Raising Expectations
  • Be clear about whether this is a research, policy, or practice-focused presentation, poster or discussion.
  • Ideas for your presentation, poster or discussion topic could be, but are not limited to:

WHAT CAN WE SUPPORT?
  • This is a fully accessible online event. We can work with you to ensure maximum accessibility for your presentation, poster, or discussion.  
  • All the presentations will be captioned and Auslan interpreted. 
  • Our conference committee can provide mentoring and advice on request for the preparation of presentations, posters and group discussions.
SUBMIT PROPOSAL FORM STEPS:
  1. Input the name of your proposal into the PROPOSAL NAME field.
  2. Input your proposal details into the PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION/OVERVIEW field.
  3. Input your Organisation/Institution details into the INSTITUTION fields.
  4. Add the details of any contributing Authors via the ADD AUTHOR button.
  5. Select your preference of EPOSTER, PANEL DISCUSSION WITH Q&A or PRESENTATION WITH Q&A under the Talk Types heading.
  6. Select ACCEPTED or REJECTED under Terms And Conditions Acceptance. Click the Terms and Conditions link below to read.
  7. Select ACCEPTED or REJECTED under Video On Demand Publishing Approval. Click the Terms and Conditions link below to read.
  8. Select your Streams - you can select more than one.
  9. Click SUBMIT to submit your proposal.

Uploaded Image