59 Expanding Neurotypical Borders: Building a Future of Inclusion with Disabled and Neurodivergent Perspectives in Geoscience

We invite contributors and audience participants of all backgrounds to learn, lead, and celebrate disability and neurodivergence as core to our fields and our collective and intersectional science identities.

Sunday, 19 October 2025
2:30 PM - 6:00 PM
HBGCC, Stars at Night Ballroom 2/3

Participants

• Chair Taormina Lepore
• Chair Jennifer Wagner
• Chair Ian Castro

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Presentations

• 2:30 PM
  DISABLED AND NEURODIVERGENT PERCEPTION, IDENTITY, AND COMMUNITY IN GEOSCIENCE, 2025: A CALL TO ACTION
  Taormina Lepore, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
  413028 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  Disability Inclusion and Geoscience: The Law and Policy Governing Fair Treatment of People with Disabilities and the Importance of Disability Justice and Equity in Scientific Fields
  Kelly Israel, Independent Researcher, Hyattsville, MD and Taormina Lepore, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  413015 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  Making Space for People with Communication Disorders in Geoscience Presentation and Teaching
  Mandy Abel-Zurstadt, Unaffiliated, Sherwood, OR
  414498 (Technical Sessions)