Planned Symposium Program Overview
Invited General Session Speakers:
Assembly member Isaac Bryan, Co-Chair California Legislative Disability Caucus
Jennifer Kumiyama, Executive Director, Disability Resource Center, Long Beach, CA
Lauren Kelleher and Anisha Queen, Employment Law Attorneys with Brown, Goldstein and Levy, specializing in disability related issues
Planned concurrent session presentations and networking opportunities
- Update on State Disability Employment Policies
- Tools and Resources for Document, Web, and Social Media Accessibility
- Universal Design Approach to Accommodations and Roles and Responsibilities in the Formal Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Process
- Networking session-Effective Use of LEAP and Other Strategies for Recruiting and Hiring Employees with Disabilities
- Advanced RA issues – Interactive Session on Complex RA Cases
- Neurodiversity at Work: Supervisors and Employees Understanding, Supporting, and Succeeding Together?
- How to Have an Award Winning Disability Advisory Committee (DAC)
- Navigating Work Incentive Programs Supporting Employment and Retirement
- Understanding Disability from a Civil Rights Perspective
- Networking session-Strategies for Making your Department a Welcoming Environment for Employees with Disabilities
- Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace
- Considerations in Disability Disclosure for Employees with Non-apparent disabilities, their Managers, and Colleagues
For more information, contact Karen Chesmore by email at karen.chesmore@ccc.ca.gov or by phone at (916) 872-0404
Individual Registration is $200
ACSED members will be able to attend for free.
Any general questions, please email:
symposium2026@acsedonline.org