{"id":293111,"date":"2026-09-24T17:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/293111\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:06:07","slug":"historic-25th-u-s-conference-on-disability-set-for-oct-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/293111\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic 25th U.S. Conference on Disability Set for Oct. 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/academics\/pcps\/leahy\/conference.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The University of Scranton\u2019s U.S. Conference on Disability<\/a> will celebrate a major milestone on Wednesday, Oct. 7, commemorating a quarter-century of advocacy, education and leadership dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s conference theme, \u201c25 Years of Progress: Honoring the Legacy of Edward R. Leahy, Jr.,\u201d will focus on disability inclusion and careers, as well as transforming barriers into opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Founded through the generosity and vision of Edward and Patricia Leahy and inspired by their son, Edward R. Leahy, Jr., the conference has become one of the nation\u2019s longest-running university-based forums on disability issues. The conference has created a space where educators, health care professionals, policymakers, students, families and advocates can share ideas and research to better the lives of individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who will speak at the event, hosted on campus at the DeNaples Center, are:<\/p>\n<p>8:45 to 9:15 a.m. \u2014 Former U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, who currently serves The University of Scranton as its Leahy Distinguished Fellow in Public Service.9:15 to 10:15 a.m. \u2014 Mason Ameri, Ph.D., professor of professional practice at Rutgers University.10:45 to 11:45 a.m. \u2014 Kerry Magro, Ed.D., best-selling author and speaker.1 to 2:30 p.m. \u2014 Kathy West-Evans and John Evans, founders of Abilities United Consulting.\u00a03 to 4:30 p.m. \u2014 Rebecca Alexander, award-winning author and disability rights advocate.<\/p>\n<p>The daylong event begins with registration and a continental breakfast from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. and concludes at about 4:30 p.m. It is presented by The University of Scranton, the Leahy College of Health Sciences and the Edward R. Leahy, Jr., Endowment.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/academics\/pcps\/leahy\/conference.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the conference\u2019s webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Scranton\u2019s U.S. Conference on Disability will celebrate a major milestone on Wednesday, Oct. 7, commemorating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[121438,178,180,179,274,275],"class_list":["post-293111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lchs","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton","tag-u-s-conference-on-disability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}