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📅️ September 18, 2025: Disability Innovation Forum 2025

A promotional graphic for the Disability Innovation Forum 2025 features a gradient background with shades of yellow, green, and blue. On the left, a geometric logo made of blue and black shapes forms a square with two circular ends, resembling abstract human figures. Below it, the text reads 'DISABILITY INNOVATION FORUM 2025' with 'INNOVATION' in bold and '2025' inside a light blue-bordered box. On the right, a white box with bold black text says 'SAVE THE DATE'. Below, event details state 'September 18, 2025, Washington D.C.' Logos at the bottom show the event is presented by Enable Ventures and Smart Job, and hosted by Strada Education Foundation.

📍️ Where: Grand Hyatt Washington, DC

✅ Register: Online here.

⏱️ Schedule (Eastern Time):

  • 9:00 AM: Registration check-in opens.
  • 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM: “What’s the Big Idea?” Showcase.
  • 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM: Lunch & Forum sessions.
  • 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM: Networking reception.

📢️ About the Event: Technology is transforming education, skills training, and work at an unprecedented pace. For people with disabilities, these innovations aren’t just improvements; they’re game-changers, opening doors to a more inclusive economy.

A new generation of leaders is driving this shift. Innovators with disabilities, alongside allies, are leading the charge, creating cutting-edge tools and launching companies that prioritize inclusivity from the ground up.

These disability-led businesses are not only pioneering new solutions, they’re attracting major enterprise customers, reshaping hiring strategies, and proving that accessibility is a business advantage.

Join us for a groundbreaking event that will bring innovators, spanning from investors, nonprofit advocates, and business leaders, to explore how inclusive technology is reshaping the workforce, fueling economic mobility, and ensuring that the world’s largest minority, 1.5 billion people and growing, is fully included in the future of work.

📅️ July 28, 2025 through August 2, 2025: Careers & Canine Connections

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📍️ Where: Hull Foundation & Learning Center in Sandy, Oregon: 43233 SE Oral Hull Rd, Sandy, OR 97055.

✅️ Open To: Transition-age young adults ages 18-24 who are blind or have low vision.

💸️ Cost: Free

⏰️ Deadline To Apply: March 31, 2025. Applications are DUE on or before March 31, 2025 Applications received after this date will be put on a waitlist. We recommend you apply early as summer programs are popular and fill up quickly.

📝️ Download the Application: Download the application here. | Download the Physicians Report Form here.

📢️ About the Event: Get ready for a weeklong exhilarating deep dive into career exploration and how a guide dog fits into your future employment. During this innovative week of learning and personal growth, you’ll discover a variety of career options you may not have considered, and the value of networking for both work and greater independence. You’ll compare mobility possibilities for travel to and from work and while on the job; explore vocational and employment resources and mentorship; and enjoy unique hands-on experiences with dogs. There will be ample time to connect with one another and make new friends, and to enjoy the beautiful Pacific Northwest! The program will be held at the Hull Foundation & Learning Center in Sandy, Oregon, which is roughly seven miles from Guide Dogs for the Blind’s Oregon campus.

Careers & Canine Connections is FREE and designed for youth who are blind or visually impaired and whose vision loss is their primary disability. The Careers & Canine Connections program may not be an appropriate fit for participants whose behavioral, developmental or mobility concerns are more challenging than their vision loss. Additionally, all participants MUST be independent with their activities of daily living i.e., dressing, bathing, eating.

The schedule is packed with fun and engaging learning opportunities from beginning to end.

Participants are responsible for transportation to and from the Hull Foundation & Learning Center in Sandy, Oregon, or the Portland International Airport. If transportation is a financial burden, please inquire about assistance.