Carmen Méndez
Founder and Managing Director of More Than Support, a disability services agency providing support to people with physical and mental disabilities.
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Carla Anderson
Carla Anderson is inducted for her inspirational leadership particularly in the deaf-blind community in Victoria, Australia.
Haben Girma
Haben Girma advocates for equal opportunities for people with disabilities. She developed a text-to-braille communication system that created an exciting new way to connect with people. Girma pioneered her way through obstacles, graduated from Harvard Law and now uses her talents to advocate for people with disabilities.
Mary Verdi-Fletcher
Dancer Mary Verdi-Fletcher founded Cleveland-based Dancing Wheels in 1980 as the US’s first professional dance company to include dancers with and without disabilities.
Stacey Park Milbern
Korean-American disability rights activist
Gaelynn Lea Tressler
Born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bones Disease) that limits her range of motion, the violinist, singer, and songwriter plays the violin with a technique like that of a cellist. Her original songs and approach to traditional fiddle music are enhanced by her incorporation of live looping and sonic exploration.
Margaret Bancroft
Margaret Bancroft (1854-1912) founded the Bancroft Training School for the multiply disabled in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Dagmar Jenkins
Jenkins has helped to provide people with cognitive and speech-related disabilities access to tailored sexual assault response services.
Dr Lisa I Iezzoni
In 1998, Dr. Lisa Iezzoni was the first woman to be appointed professor in the department of medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, MA.
Eileen Szychowski
American disability activist