Disability Lead: Stories

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Side-by-side Zoom screen captures of Sky CubaCub, Alice Wong, and Derrick Dawson. “There is real power when disabled people get together.”

Disability Power Series

Disability Visibility

A recap of our Disability Power Series installment featuring Alice Wong, Sky CubaCub, and Derrick Dawson.

An illustration of Lindsay posing in front of a white stucco backdrop. She has long brown hair, light-toned skin, and is wearing a blue top with a dainty gold necklace and several gold stud earrings.

Lindsay Drexler

Aug 7, 2020

An illustration of several hands forming a circle around the universal disability sign—the white icon of a person in a wheelchair against a blue background.

Op Ed

Uphold the ADA and Commit to Employees and Leaders with Disabilities

Disability Lead Members Emily Blum and Karen Tamley implore businesses to uphold the ADA and embrace the untapped pool of talented employees with disabilities.

Emily is smiling in a leafy outdoor setting. She is a white, disabled woman with brown wavy shoulder-length hair, and is wearing a pink and purple top with blue accents.

Emily Blum

Jul 28, 2020

A young man and woman laugh and lounge next to a tree in a field on a summer day, a wheelchair parked several feet away. A snapshot at Camp Jened, featured in the film Crip Camp.

Disability Power Series

Crip Camp: Building Power to Create Culture Change

A recap of our exciting Disability Power Series on 2020's groundbreaking documentary, Crip Camp.

Lindsay Drexler

Jul 22, 2020

Kevin is smiling and posing in front of a wooden door. He has short gray hair, light-toned skin, and a navy suit with a blue and green argyle tie.

ADA 30

The Practice of Disability Pride

Disability Lead Member Kevin Irvine shares his disability journey for our #ADA30 blog series.

Kevin smiles in front of a wooden door. He has short gray hair in a classic haircut, light-toned skin, and is wearing a navy suit with a blue and green argyle tie.

Kevin Irvine

Jul 10, 2020

A colorful illustration of a laptop featuring 12 illustrated people in a grid participating in a video conference.

Institute

Going Virtual!

Disability Lead Director of Education and Operations Robin Burnett shares her strategy for moving our Institute online during the pandemic.

Disability Lead

Jul 3, 2020

Side by side headshots of Andrés Gallegos and John Tuhey. Both are wearing suits and smiling.

Announcement

Meet Our New Board Members!

Our new board members include Disability Lead Members Andrés Gallegos and John Tuhey.

Disability Lead

Jun 24, 2020

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