UCP Family ConferenceOctober 16-17, 2020
Registration opens March 28th UCP’s Family Support Conference brings together families who are raising children with a disability, adults experiencing disabilities, as well as the medical, therapeutic, and educational professionals who work with them. This is the only conference of its kind in the Northwest. The two-day gathering includes workshops and speakers that focus on new research in the area of intellectual and developmental disabilities, new surgical and therapeutic techniques, as well as alternative therapies and educational innovations. The 250 plus attendees have the opportunity to visit vendors presenting services, resources and equipment. |
Location
Holiday Inn Portland South Hotel & Convention Center (25425 SW 95th Ave, Wilsonville, OR 97070)
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Keynote SPeakerSteve Ferreira was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1988. He was the second born of twins and due to birth trauma he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy shortly after birth. He and his twin sister, Emily, were adopted and they moved with their family to the Seattle area in 1990.
In 2013, Steve, in continuing his advocacy for people with disabilities, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Arc of King County. The Arc was founded in 1936 and is the oldest non-profit organization serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Greater Puget Sound area and throughout the United States. Steve spoke over 500 times at regional high schools, colleges, churches, Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs, graduations and numerous other venues. In November of 2011, Steve decided to form Beyond Disabilities, a nonprofit, with the mission “to inform individuals and communities around the world that if you are disabled, you are just like everyone else… just living life in a different way.” |