THURSDAY, APRIL 30 at 7:00pm
Endless Abilities
Film and Panel Discussion
FRIDAY, MAY 1 at 8:30am
Disability Forum: Love and Forgiveness Through Sport
Friday's program includes some of the most prominent paralympians and special olympians in the US. Come early and meet them!
8:00 Meet and Greet the Speakers
9:00 Opening Remarks, Kat Ellis and Monica Lepore, WCU
9:10 Eli Wolff, 1996 & 2004 Paralympic Soccer Player, Director, Inclusive Sports Initiative for the Institute for Human Centered Design
10:15 Loretta Claiborne, Women in Sports Hall of Fame, Espy Award Winner, Special Olympian
11:20 AJ Nanayakkara, Wheelchair Rugby Paralympian, Founder and Executive Director, Global Abilities Foundation
12:30 Lunch break
1:40 Lex Gilette, Paralympic World Champion and 2014 number one ranked totally blind long jumper in the world
2:45 Kat Ellis, WCU Disabilities and Deaf Studies Professor
3:45 Closing Remarks, Kat Ellis and Monica Lepore, WCU