Disability Work
The following reflects some my disability work to date.
Disclaimer: For my website, I have used person-first language throughout. However, I want to acknowledge the choice for using identify-first language. For more information, please see this resource titled, Guidelines: How to Write about People with Disabilities (9th edition) from the University of Kansas Research & Training Center on Independent Living.
Items from The Arc National Convention.
Policy Work: Managed Care
The Arc of the U.S. policy offices helped guide my work into Medicaid managed long-term services and supports for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
Items from the ADA 25th anniversary.
Digital Citizenship
Individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities experience a digital divide with less engagement in the online community. My work explores this inequity.
Image Credit: RWJF, showing people on bikes to compare equity to equality.
Health Equity
Individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities experience health inequities. My work seeks to understand these inequities and find solutions to improve health equity for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.