Change Leaders in the Disability Community

working to ensure access and equality for every human.

We all have the power to create change and make the world a better place.

Here’s to the Change Leaders- folks out there blazing a trail for the rest of us. They’re the Einsteins, the Ed Roberts, the Justin Darts, the Martin Luther Kings, and Helen Kellers of our generation. You’ve probably heard of most of them, and if you haven’t, you will.

Each of us has the power to create real change and make the world a better place, we just have to roll up our sleeves and do it. Our hope is that getting a glimpse into the lives of people out there making a difference will inspire you to do the same.

If you’re motivated by something these Change Leaders in the disability community have done – go do something. Anything. A big act or a small act, but do something. Let us know what you’re up to and we’ll shout from the rooftops.

Judith Snow

Thank You, Ed Roberts

Intersection of Law, Education and Civil Rights

Senator Harkin Delivers Speech in ASL Upon ADA Passage in 1990

Krip-Hop Nation: Music, Advocacy and Education

Worth Repeating: Ed Roberts’ 504 Sit-In Victory Rally Speech

I Got 99 Problems..Palsy Is Just One- Maysoon Zayid on Ted

Doll Diversity Isn’t Just Child’s Play – Dolls with Disabilities

Worth A Second Look: Haben Girma’s 2010 Speech on 35th Anniversary of IDEA

The Importance of Supports

Meet the Members of the 2013 National Council on Disability

ASAN President Ari Ne’eman on the DOE’s New Stance on Bullying Prevention

Wanting More and Finding Disability Justice

White House Champion of Change recipient Mia

Krip-Hop Nation: Music, Advocacy and Education

"Where were the other people who looked like me as a Black disabled young man? With this continuous question of race and disability along with my love of poetry and music, I started to question the arena of music and performance around the representation of musicians with disabilities, especially disabled musicians of color." - Leroy F. Moore, Jr.

Judith Snow ~ Relationships & Inclusion

"The research shows that when a child who is not academically gifted is included in a regular school, not only do the academics improve across the school, and I did say that, I didn’t say “in the classroom”, I said “across the school”, not only do the academics improve, but drug use and violence goes down."