2027 DSALA Annual Conference
Join The Coelho Center on April 3, 2027, for our 3rd annual DSALA Conference
Without Us: Care Workers, Dependency, and Disability Rights
The Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy, and Innovation
April 3, 2027
In person in Los Angeles, CA
Call for proposals (CFP):
The Coelho Center welcomes submissions for our third annual Disability Studies and Advocacy in Los Angeles (DSALA) Conference on April 3, 2027. This year’s theme is: Without Us: Care Workers, Dependency, and Disability Rights.
The disability rights movement has transformed law, policy, and public life in pursuit of dignity, equality, and better lives for people with disabilities. For many disabled people, safe and dignified care and support are an essential part of that work. Care workers often face low wages, inadequate public funding, workforce shortages, and inequalities shaped by race, gender, and immigration status. Yet the rights, working conditions, and dignity of care workers are rarely treated as disability rights issues, even though the lives and well-being of disabled people and care workers are deeply connected.
This conference invites disabled people, care workers, family caregivers, advocates, scholars, attorneys, policymakers, service providers, students, artists, and community members to explore the complicated relationships among care, dependency, and disability rights.
For the full CFP and to submit: click here.
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The Loyola Marymount University main campus is located in Westchester at 1 LMU Drive, approximately four miles north of the Los Angeles International Airport. University Hall is located at the main entrance to the campus; Roski Dining Room is situated at the west end of the first floor. Click here for an interactive map of the Westchester campus.
Parking:
Parking is available in the University Hall parking garage, located beneath the building, directly to your right as you enter the campus from Lincoln Boulevard. Signs will direct you to the correct entrance to the parking garage. Parking is free on Saturdays. For more information about parking fees and schedules, please visit LMU's Parking site.
ASL and CART are available on request. Conference organizers recommend that all presenters use live captioning and offer access copies of written materials, including large print hardcopies. Large-print hardcopies of the conference program will be available on site, along with masks and hand sanitizers. An all-day quiet space will be available. Special parking is available upon request for large access vehicles. For questions or any additional access requests, please contact coelhocenter@lmu.edu.