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Rachel Adams, associate director for education and training in the Office of Disability Services, has been selected to provide the keynote address for the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) conference.

Her keynote at the conference, scheduled for Oct. 22-24 in Trumbull, Conn., will include scholar-practitioner experiences and insights into neuro-affirming practices, shared through narrative examples of students, which highlight the importance of developing supportive relationships, challenging deficit-based perceptions and incorporating Universal Design principles.

Adams, who is also a doctoral candidate at UMass Amherst studying neurodiversity and neuro-affirming advising practices in higher education, hopes that the presentation will provide attendees with the opportunity to practice neuro-inclusive approaches that can be applied into their own work across different settings.