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

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

Judith Snow

Judith Snow, MA is a social innovator and an advocate for Inclusion – communities that welcome the participation of a wide diversity of people. Inclusion is an opportunity for EVERYONE!

Wanting More and Finding Disability Justice

White House Champion of Change recipient Mia

Thank You, Ed Roberts

"And we’re going to develop leadership, that has a fundamental difference and that is, it's inclusive . It believes in people, and in our strengths together . And we are going to change our society. " Ed Roberts

The Case for Inclusion Part Two: What Does Inclusion Look Like?

It should always be the objective of public education to serve all students no matter what their disability label. It should always be the objective to give the right amount of support for all children.

When Autistics Grade Other Autistics

“If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree…”We know how functioning labels are not helpful, despite being largely used by neurotypicals. But some autistics also grade members of our community and I want to understand why.

Sensory Tool Kit or Purse ?

Notebooks, silly putty, colored pencils, a favorite book..

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The Reality Behind Those Walls

The Judge Rotenberg Center is recruiting disabled students in the Midwest to be legally tortured with electric shocks. Help us stop this inhumane treatment of disabled people.

My Top Ten

These are the top 10, now top 18 things I need for teachers, therapists, doctors, friends and family to know.

My iPad Is Not a Toy

Please never refer to my iPad as a toy. It is not. It is my voice. Imagine if you could not speak with your mouth how important your iPad voice would be.

Focus on My Strengths

#4 Please focus on My Strengths. I have many. We all do.

You are not wrong.

Know you are not a burden or trouble for being. You are a person who has every right to be. A family that is saying love but saying you are so hard so wrong for not being as they wanted. The family is wrong. Not You. A school segregating is wrong. Not You.There are many if the disability community that are here for you.