​The Disabled & Proud Conference is sponsored by Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring (DREAM), a national student organization run by students for students.  DREAM is based at the National Center for College Students with Disabilities, which is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD).

DREAM was founded at Syracuse University in 2011, before the NCCSD even existed.  Disabled & Proud conferences happened in 2011 and 2014 at Syracuse University, and were based on the original Disabled & Proud conference in 1990 at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

The 2018 conference was online for the first time, with 400 people registered. It included a total of 18 plenary and breakout sessions, discussion groups, and a virtual Exhibit Hall. Participants had a variety of ways to connect. Visit the Disabled & Proud 2018 page for information about that event.

We hope to offer Disabled & Proud in the near future. Please join our mailing list, using the Contact Us link on this page.
Disabled & Proud is sponsored by DREAM at the National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD).  The NCCSD is funded through a four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education (P116D150005) to the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD).  The NCCSD, AHEAD, and the US Dept. of Education may not agree with all content on linked pages and conference materials, and we can't guarantee the accessibility of external sites.

The material on this website is available in alternative formats upon request; questions or concerns about accessibility should be sent to dream@ahead.org.  All images are from Bigstock.com unless otherwise noted.  Previous Disabled & Proud photos are used with permission of Syracuse University.
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