Stephen Hawking. Andrea Bocelli. Arumina Sinha. Stevie Wonder. When you think of those people, their limitations aren’t the first thing to come to mind. Hawking was a brilliant theoretical physicist. Bocelli, an acclaimed opera singer. Sinha, a mountaineer. And Stevie Wonder—well, we all know his music, for which he’s won 25 Grammy Awards. Nothing is taken away from that accomplishment due to the fact that he’s been blind almost since birth. Or that Hawking battled Lou Gehrig’s disease. Or that Sinha lost her leg in an accident (and also happens to be the first female amputee to scale Mount Everest). And Bocelli may not be able to see, but he certainly can sing like no one else.
All of these individuals overcame limitations—and all of them achieved greatness. And as time goes on, adaptive strategies are becoming more sophisticated, more refined, and more readily available, removing limitations that once kept people from living their fullest lives.
This year’s Krost Symposium will take a deep dive into how adaptive strategies can lift the limits on what can be done, setting us free to run, to race, to play, and to experience just about anything the indomitable human spirit can dream up.
No Limits: Adaptive Strategies will take place from Wednesday, October 1 through Friday, October 3, and will feature panel discussions, a keynote address, a special session of chapel, a community workout, a violin master class, and more.
On Wednesday, October 1, there will be a special chapel service with a guest speaker at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of the Abiding Presence. Then that evening at 7 p.m., in Tschoepe Hall’s Dunne Conference Center, there will be a talk with Jillian Williams, Paralympian and TLU alumna. On Thursday, October 2, at 9:30 a.m., enjoy a panel discussion on Prosthetics, Physical Therapy/Rehabilitation, and Occupational Therapy in Dunne Conference Center. At 1 p.m., there will be a virtual learning session on Music Production as a Blind Producer with Byron Harden, founder of the I See Music Foundation. Thursday evening in Jackson Auditorium at 7 p.m., hear a lecture by keynote speaker and renowned violinist Adrian Anantawan, faculty member at Berklee School of Music and alumnus of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, as well as both Yale and Harvard. Mr. Anantawan has performed with orchestras throughout the US and Canada, as well as at the White House, and for Pope John Paul II and the Dalai Lama. He has won numerous awards and, himself having been born without a right hand, is an activist and spokesperson for the CHAMP (Child Amputee) Program and an advocate for the use of adaptive musical instruments. He will also lead a violin masterclass on Friday, October 3, at 10:30 a.m. in Ayers Recital Hall, ending the symposium on a high note. Find details as well as links to livestreams right here: 2025 Krost Symposium: No Limits.
These events are free and open to all, and further details can be found on the TLU website.