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Sarah Todd is passionate about using her stellar speaking and presentation skills to educate audiences on disability inclusion. She has engaged audiences (in person and virtually) of various types from fundraising events, school assemblies, college and university classes and clubs, hospitals, symposia, and corporate Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). With poise and charm, she expertly articulates her message and makes a tangible impact on her audience.
Sarah Todd offers speaking engagements on signature topics (outlined below). However, she will work with you to customize her offering to fit the needs and objectives of your event and audience.
Speaking Engagement Offerings
Offering 1: Disability Advocacy in Higher Education
Sarah Todd shares her journey of disability advocacy and self-empowerment in the academic world. Attendees will learn about her advocacy journey, including how she used writing, social media, and public speaking to drive change. The presentation provides practical strategies for disabled students to self-advocate, build supportive communities, and collaborate with college administrators. Sarah Todd also offers insights into the accommodations process and explores actionable steps colleges can take to develop a disability-inclusive environment.
Offering 2: Disabled Pride: Embracing Disability Identity
This speaking engagement takes the audience through Sarah Todd's personal disability identity journey. She provides an overview of disability broadly as well as disability identity and culture. Utilizing the concepts of disabled grief and disabled joy, Sarah Todd shares how she has grown to embrace her disability identity and why Disabled Pride is so groundbreaking. This engagement is ideal for Disability Pride Month.
Offering 3: An Introduction to Disability Inclusion
What does the term "disability" even mean? How should we speak about the disability community? What are words and phrases to use and words and phrases to avoid? What are disability etiquette best practices? These are all questions addressed in An Introduction to Disability Inclusion. This speaking engagement is ideal for audiences who are in the early stages of their disability inclusion journeys.
Previous speaking engagements include:
Macmillan Learning
Arizona State University
Runway of Dreams Foundation
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Hudson County Community College
The Make-A-Wish Foundation
Siegel Rare Neuroimmune Association
Davidson College
The College of William & Mary
Elon University
UNC, Greensboro
Marist School
Fortune 500 Company
ReelAbilities Film Festival
“Sarah Todd recently spoke at our company’s monthly Accessibility Meet-Up. She is someone who lights up a room (or Zoom) when she talks about her disability, the challenges she has faced and how she strives to be a beacon of positivity for those who might be facing similar challenges. Her passion for disability advocacy is clear, and her candor and sincerity when discussing her disability was appreciated and applauded by our team. It was an honor to have her as our guest and we will be excited to follow her career as she continues to make meaningful change in the disability community!”
Doug Clark, Fortune 500 Company
Sarah Todd speaking at the virtual AFM Symposium, Johns Hopkins Hospital, June 2020
“Sarah Todd's remarkable passion and expertise on disability advocacy shine bright during our collegiate panel discussions and when engaging with our summer interns. Her ability to empower students and individuals across the country to champion inclusivity and embrace diversity has been instrumental as we work to make the world a more inclusive place.”
Mindy Scheier, Founder and CEO, the Runway of Dreams Foundation