NYS DSC - Fall 2025 Virtual Conference

Start
October 23, 2025
End
November 05, 2025
Schedule
2 sessions
#1.
October 23, 2025, 8:45 AM 1:00 PM (EDT)
#2.
November 05, 2025, 8:45 AM 1:00 PM (EST)
Location
Virtual - Zoom Link will be provided
Spaces left
192
Registered
83 registrants

Registration

Registration - Fall 2025 Virtual Conference – $50.00
Registering for this conference provides the opportunity to participate for sessions hosted on both days. Multiple registrations can be completed in one form.
Please make checks payable to:
NYSDSC
Mail checks to:
PO Box 74, 120 Kasson Rd, Camillus, NY 13031

Welcome to NYS Disability Services Council Fall 2025 Conference. We are delighted to host some amazing speakers to help our higher education institutions, faculty, staff and students. View the Full Detailed Agenda Here.

Presenters: Please send your presentation slides and other materials to regstration@nysdsc.org as soon as possible. Thank you!

If you are presenting on Day 1, please send us your materials by October 20
If you are presenting on Day 2, please send us your materials by October 27

Day 1: Thursday, October 23, 2025

Time	Presentation
09:00 to 09:15 am	President's Address Tanya Hoistion (she/her), Coordinator - Student Accommodations and Testing Center, Jefferson Community College
9:15 to 10:45 am	Keynote Speaker Brandon Slade (he/him), Founder/CIO of Untapped Learning
10:45 to 10:55 am	Break
10:55 to 11:40 am	Building Bridges Between Disabilities Services and the Wider College Community Dr. Joel Dickstein, Director, Undergraduate OSDS, Touro University Dr. Avery M. Horowitz, Dean of Advisement and Counseling, Touro University
11:40 to 11:50 am	Break
11:50 am to 12:30 pm	Get Your Stuff Together: Helping Students Get the GYST of Adulting and all of its Complexities Vanessa Case, ADA/504 Compliance & Accommodative Services Manager; Paul Smith's College
12:30 to 1:00 pm	Student Empowerment Day NYSDSC Government Relations Committee

Day 2: Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Time	Presentation
9:00 to 9:45 am	Readers Aid Program Brenda Rotolo (she/her), Readers Aid Program Coordinator, NYSED ACCES-VR
9:45 to 9:55 am	Break
9:55 to 10:40 am	Student Engagement Activities: Is There a Value? Jason Schneider (he/him), Assistant Manager Student Success, Touro University, School of Health Sciences
10:40 to 10:50 am	Break
10:50 to 11:35 am	NYSED Advisory Council on Post-Secondary Education for Students with Disabilities Updates Ceylane Meyers-Ruff, NYSED Deputy Commissioner of Special Education & ACCES Dr. Christine Cea, NYSED Board of Regent Co-Chair Tamara Mariotti, NYSDSC/SUNY Assistant Director of Disability Resources Co-Chair
11:35 to 11:45 am	Break
11:45 am to 12:30 pm	Onboarding as Opportunity Kris Percival (she/her), Assistant Director Learning/Access Center, Pratt Institute
12:30 to 1:00 pm	Business Meeting Tanya Hoistion (she/her), Coordinator - Student Accommodations and Testing Center, Jefferson Community College