ADA 30 In Color

#ADA30InColor: a series of original essays on the past, present, and future of disability rights and justice by disabled BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) writers. Published and edited by Alice Wong, Disability Visibility Project. Project Coordinator, Andraéa LaVant. Plain language summaries, Finn Gardiner. Audio narration, Alejandra Ospina. For more, read this article about our 7/26 online event by Hari Srinivasan for the Daily Cal and check out the video below (text transcript).
“ADA 30: No Justice for Disabled Native People”
Jen Deerinwater
Timotheus Gordon, Jr.
“Building Bridges as A Disabled Korean Immigrant”
Miso Kwak
Allison Masangkay
Reyma McCoy McDeid
“The Future Liberation of Disability Movements”
Valerie Novack
“They can take away the Mosque, but they’ll never take my faith”
Noor Pervez
“The burden and consequences of self-advocacy for disabled BIPOC”
Aparna R.
“After 30 Years the ADA Leaves People with Psychiatric Disabilities Behind”
Héctor M. Ramirez
Lia Seth
“Decolonization as a Strategy for Accommodating Disabilities”
Rachel Setzer
Teefloetry
“How the ADA Gave Birth to a Black Sexpert”
Robin Wilson-Beattie
#ADA30InColor TEAM
Finn Gardiner, Plain Language Summaries

Finn Gardiner is a disability rights advocate with interests in educational equity, intersectional justice, comparative policy, and inclusive technology. He holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Tufts University. He also recently finished a fellowship in Leadership and Education on Neurodevelopmental and Developmental Disabilities—LEND—at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s E.K. Shriver Center.
He is currently the Communications Specialist at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University. Throughout his work, Finn combines disability advocacy, policy analysis and research, and written and visual communications through policy briefs, original reports and white papers, and contributions to research projects. His research and advocacy interests include education and employment for autistic adults, comparative disability policy, inclusive technology, LGBTQ cultural competency, and policy that takes into account the intersections between disability, race, LGBTQ identities, class, and other experiences.
Twitter: @phineasfrogg
Andraéa LaVant, Project Coordinator and President & Chief Inclusion Specialist, LaVant Consulting, Inc.

Andraéa LaVant is a passionate disability inclusion/communications consultant with over a decade of experience building, supporting, and managing national and local initiatives to effect positive, sustainable change for people with disabilities across the nation.
Website: http://lavantconsultinginc.com/
Twitter: @andraealavant
Alejandra Ospina, Audio Narration

Alejandra Ospina is a first-generation native New Yorker and full-time wheelchair user whose family has roots in Colombia. She has been active for several years in various advocacy and performance projects online, locally and beyond, and also works as a media access provider, creating closed captions and audio descriptions. Always glad to be a part of formative works to share with new audiences, she has previously collaborated as a vocalist, actor, dancer, and/or accessibility provider with organizations such as Heidi Latsky Dance, Infinity Dance Theater, ZCO/Dance Project, Kinetic Light, the Queens Theatre, HiGlass Entertainment, and others.
Website: superaleja.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/superaleja
Twitter: @superaleja
Alice Wong, Editor and Publisher, Disability Visibility Project

Alice Wong (she/her) is a disabled activist, media maker, and consultant. She is the Founder and Director of the Disability Visibility Project (DVP), an online community dedicated to creating, sharing and amplifying disability media and culture created in 2014. Currently, Alice is the Editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people, available now (June 30, 2020) by Vintage Books.
Twitter: @SFdirewolf / @DisVisibility
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