Mary Kate Callahan
She helped spearhead a lawsuit against the Illinois High School Association to allow disabled swimmers to take part in the state meet along with their able-bodied classmates.
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Zhang Haidi
Chinese disability rights activist
Beatrice Vio
Italian Paralympic fencing champion and activist
Peggy Strong
American muralist and painter who was paralyzed from the waist down
Keran Howe
It was a car accident in 1972 that led Keran Howe towards her lifelong dedication to women’s health and advocacy for the rights of people with disabilities, particularly women.
Kitty Lunn
Founder of Infinity Dance Theater, a nontraditional dance company in New York City that features dancers with and without disabilities, including those in wheelchairs.
Sarah Dionna
US Marine Corps Veteran Sarah Dionna, who served as an ammunition technician and now speaks on the medical condition POTS.
Dr Simi Linton
American writer, filmmaker, and expert on disability and the arts
Dr Rebekah Taussig
American writer, teacher and disability advocate
Sandra Gail Lambert
Though Sandra Gail Lambert didn’t start writing seriously until her late 30s—publishing her first novel at 62—there are advantages to being a “late bloomer.”