11:00am | TASH, a nonprofit advocate for inclusion and human rights of persons with significant disabilities, announced in a press release that actress Amy Brenneman will be among keynote speakers during the 2012 TASH Conference in November this year in Long Beach.

Brenneman, best known for her role as Violet in the ABC series Private Practice, will be speaking as a parent and an advocate for children with disabilities. Brenneman has been an important voice against segregated models of education and has promoted fully inclusive schools, such as CHIME Institute in Woodland Hills where her children attend.

According it its website, the TASH Conference is a perennial draw for advocates, families, people with disabilities and related professionals and academics who converge to share ideas and discuss priorities that create positive changes in the lives of people with disabilities throughout the lifespan. For nearly four decades, the TASH Conference has been the launching pad for ideas and advocacy that have shaped supports and opportunities throughout the U.S. and abroad, and demonstrated the importance of all stakeholders working together.