Events & Webinars
WEBINAR: Making Every Medical Visit Count for People with IDD
Hosted by: Philadelphia Coordinated Health Care
May 7, 2026
10:00 AM EST
Featuring: Dr. Craig Escude, MD, FAAFP, FAADM, FAAIDD
Medical visits can be stressful, rushed, and often ineffective for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Supporters play a critical role in ensuring these encounters are productive, respectful, and clinically meaningful.
In this practical webinar, Dr. Craig Escude will outline clear, actionable strategies to help supporters prepare for appointments, communicate essential health information, advocate effectively, and promote follow-through after the visit. Participants will learn how to reduce preventable risks, improve provider understanding, and help ensure that each medical encounter contributes to better long-term health outcomes for people with IDD.
This session is designed for family members, direct support professionals, care coordinators, and others committed to improving healthcare experiences and outcomes for people with IDD.
TRAINING: All About Rights!
Hosted by: The Council on Quality and Leadership
May 13, 2026
12:00 PM–4:00 PM CT
Cost: $75 per registrant
Voting, practicing religion, accessing food, receiving a fair wage, having privacy, voicing opinions — they’re all rights that all of us have. Despite this, Personal Outcome Measures® data reveals that only 43.5% of people with disabilities receive organizational supports to exercise their rights.
During this virtual training, attendees will gain insight into better understanding people’s rights and supporting people in protecting and promoting their rights. CQL will explore a wide variety of rights and share strategies for supporting people receiving services to learn about and exercise their rights.
Participants will learn about research related to rights, discover best practices, and take part in engaging discussions. The session will also cover the role Human Rights Committees play in protecting rights, ensuring due process, and reviewing rights restrictions.
Training objectives include understanding the importance of rights, identifying and protecting rights in everyday supports, hearing real-world scenarios of rights advocacy, and learning tips for creating and maintaining Human Rights Committees.
WEBINAR: Special Populations and Dementia Care Navigation
Hosted by: National Dementia Care Collaborative
May 13, 2026
3:00 PM EST / 12:00 PM PST
Featured speakers: Kevin Rhodes; Seth Keller, MD; Helen Stepowany, MS
This free virtual webinar will explore practical approaches to providing dementia care to people living with Frontotemporal Degeneration or intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Participants will gain insight into dementia care for two unique populations: people with frontotemporal degeneration and people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The session will explore the lived experience perspective, strategies for addressing symptoms associated with FTD, the nature of dementia co-occurring with IDD, and strategies to help people living with IDD and dementia.
This webinar is designed for dementia care program staff, social workers, nurses, care managers, primary care and specialty clinicians, community-based dementia care partners, GUIDE providers, and navigators.
WEBINAR: Addressing Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Among Older Adults Experiencing Housing Insecurity and Homelessness
Hosted by: National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center
May 14, 2026
3:00–4:00 PM ET
Featuring: Kylee Volk, MPH, Associate Team Leader, Hospice of the Valley, Phoenix, AZ; Jackie Solares, Ozanam/De Paul Program Manager, The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Phoenix, AZ
Join the National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center for a webinar focused on supporting older adults experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity and cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Participants will learn how to recognize early signs of cognitive impairment in shelters and temporary housing settings and gain practical strategies for engaging seniors in ways that foster meaningful participation.
The session will also explore effective referral and partnership approaches that help connect vulnerable seniors to supportive services and pathways to stable housing. This webinar will offer actionable tools to improve outcomes for one of the most at-risk aging populations.
NADRC webinars are free and open to the public. Registration is required. Live events and recordings include closed captioning.
SUMMIT: Disability Health Action Summit — Beyond Barriers, Toward Solutions
Hosted by: The Arc Pennsylvania
May 19, 2026
1:00–5:00 PM
May 20, 2026
8:00 AM–4:30 PM
Location: Penn Harris Hotel & Convention Center, Camp Hill, PA
Keynote speakers: Theo W. Braddy, Executive Director of the National Council on Independent Living; Dr. Valerie A. Arkoosh, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
The Disability Health Action Summit will bring together leaders, advocates, professionals, and community members to explore solutions that advance disability health. The event will focus on moving beyond barriers and toward practical approaches that improve health access, equity, and outcomes for people with disabilities.
WEBINAR: Building Key Skills for People with IDD Through Improvisation
Hosted by: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
May 27, 2026
2:00 PM EST
Featuring: Rob Snow & Nick Doyle
This webinar will discuss how improvisation can be used to build important skills that greatly increase social, workplace, and lifetime opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Presenters Rob Snow and Nick Doyle will explore how improvisation-based strategies can support skill-building in engaging and practical ways for people with IDD.
RECORDED WEBINAR: Digital Health and Disability Inclusion: Advancing Equity Through Telehealth and AI
Presented by: International Disability Alliance in collaboration with the World Health Organization
As countries accelerate the adoption of digital health solutions to advance Universal Health Coverage, there is a critical opportunity and responsibility to ensure these innovations are inclusive and accessible. Too often, digital health tools remain out of reach for persons with disabilities, maintaining existing inequalities rather than reducing them.
In this recorded webinar, the International Disability Alliance, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, examines how digital health — including telehealth and AI — can advance health equity for persons with disabilities while addressing accessibility gaps and the growing digital divide.