Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, Prince Salman Center for Disability Research hosted the Third International Conference on Disability Research the 22nd to the 26th of March, 2009, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The goal of the conference was to examine and promote the role of research in preventing disability and improving the quality of life of individuals with disabilities, and the means of facilitating that through international partnerships targeted at high impact research. Dr. Amy Wilson presented the importance of including Deaf stakeholders in all aspects of research.