The Heumann Perspective

In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), Judy chats with Diego Mariscal and Hannah Frankl about their work supporting entrepreneurs with disabilities. Learn more about 2Gether-International at 2gether-international.org. Learn more about Google for Startups and find resources at startup.google.com. Diego Mariscal is the founder and CEO of 2Gether-International. He is disabled and proud! He is also very passionate and strategic about the relationship between disability advocacy, entrepreneurship, and sustainable impact. At the age of 18, Diego started Limitless Prepa Tec, a disability education program for students in Monterrey, Mexico. In 4 years, the program expanded to 7 high schools across the country, reaching more than 3,000 students nationwide. To this day, Limitless continues to be one of the largest youth-led programs working to educate students about disabilities in Monterrey, Mexico. Diego has been internationally recognized for his work, most notably by the Waldzell Institute in Vienna as an Architect of the Future and by the British Council as a Global Changemaker. In 2016, Diego was invited to the first United Nations World Humanitarian Summit held in Istanbul. In 2017, Diego became the first entrepreneur with a disability, from the US delegation, to participate in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit held in Hyderabad, India. Hannah is a Global PMM on the Google for Startups team, dedicated to leveling the playing field for startup founders and communities to succeed by connecting them with the right people, products and best practices to help them grow. Since joining Google in 2017, Hannah has also led various disability-inclusion initiatives. Hannah's experience prior to Google ranges from strategy consulting for nonprofits to product management and venture capital at Microsoft Ventures (now called M12). She also previously was on the board of the SF Jewish Federation finance committee as a Fed Fellow, and held a leadership role on the Impact Team of Minds Matter San Francisco, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting low-income high school students. Outside of work, Hannah sits on the Next Gen board of Lime Connect, a nonprofit supporting people with disabilities, as well as on the board of Birthright Excel, a Jewish business organization. Additional Resources: 2GI Tech Cohort: The accelerator cohort at 2Gether-International with support from Google for Startups . All-in.withgoogle.com: Google's publicly available resource for inclusive marketing best practices, featuring the disability-inclusion portion that Hannah contributed to. "When it comes to inclusion, we must stop overlooking accessibility": A Think with Google article written by Hannah. "How Hannah Frankl advocates for startups and inclusivity": Hannah's #MyPathToGoogle article on Google's Blog. Find a shortened video version of this interview on Judy's YouTube channel.  Outro music by Gaelynn Lea: https://violinscratches.com/

This week, Judy is joined by Susan Reinhard. They chat about how vital it is to include disability in the conversation around aging and including aging in the conversation around disability as disability is a natural part of life and that people's disabilities evolve and change as they age and so will their needs Susan is a senior vice president at AARP, directing its Public Policy Institute (PPI) which is the focal point for public policy research an analysis at the state, federal, and international level. She leads PPI's Family Caregiving Initiatives and also serves as the chief strategist for the Center to Champion Nursing in America, a national resource center created to ensure that America has the highly skilled nurses it needs to provide care in the future. Susan is a nationally recognized expert in health and long-term care policy. She has extensive experience in conducting, directing, and translating research into action to promote policy change. Additional Resources: AARP Prepare to Care: A Caregiving Planning Guide for Families AARP Long-Term Services and Supports State Scorecard Find a shortened video version of this interview on Judy's YouTube channel. Intro music by Lachi. Outro music by Gaelynn Lea.

In this episode, Judy chats with two bad-ass disabled, Asian American researchers and long-time friends, Teresa Nyugen and Sandy Ho Register for the 2021 Disability Intersectionality Summit by going to their Twitter page! Follow the Disability Intersectionality Summit on Twitter @DISummit_org Follow Teresa on Instagram @teresa.grams Follow Sandy on Twitter @NotYourAvgHo101 Teresa is a curriculum developer/trainer at Colorado Employment First where she specializes in transitioning youth, families, and healthcare. Previously, she was a program officer at the US Department of Health and Human Services and served as a subject matter expert for disability and health care system initiatives. Teresa is an avid traveler and loves being in nature with her dog Mylo, cooking and reading. Sandy Ho is a research project manager at the Community Living Policy Center, as well as a community organizer in the Boston area focused on disability justice and intersectionality. Her areas of interest include civic engagement of people with disabilities, access to Medicaid HCBS for people of color with disabilities, and building research capacity among disability advocates. She is a Master of Public Policy student at the Heller School and the founder of the Disability & Intersectionality Summit. Sandy identifies as a queer disabled Asian-American woman.

Kathy Martinez Kathy Martinez is an internationally recognized and Disability Rights leader and offers a compelling perspective on many disability issues as someone who was born blind. She joined Disability Rights Advocates as President/CEO in March 2021 after having spent six years as SVP, Head of Disability and Accessibility Strategy for Wells Fargo. Previously, she served as Assistant Secretary of The Office of Disability Employment Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor.  Judy and Kathy talk about Kathy's adventure filled childhood, her introduction to disability activism in the 70s, her career in activism that stemmed from that and the importance of weaving accessibility into everything you do instead of it being an afterthought. Follow Disability Rights Advocates @dralegal on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook!

Judy is chatting with Emily and Ellen Ladau, who are a mother-daughter duo that have the same physical disability. Emily and Ellen talk to Judy about their evolving relationship, working on Emily's upcoming book and their journey into activism. Transcript: PDF About Emily Ladau Emily is a passionate disability rights activist, writer, storyteller, and digital communications consultant whose career began at the age of 10, when I appeared on several episodes of Sesame Street to educate kids about life with a physical disability. I'm the Editor in Chief of the Rooted in Rights Blog, co-host of The Accessible Stall Podcast, and author of Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally.

In this episode, Judy is chatting with Elijah Armstrong and Anna Landre about the ableism they experienced in education that motivated them to be activists. Be sure to follow Elijah on Twitter @elijahsaprophet and follow Anna @annalandre. Elijah Armstrong is an activist from Jacksonville, Florida, who received his Bachelor of Science in Education and Public Policy from Penn State in 2019, and his Master of Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2020. With the funds from the 2021 Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leader Award, Elijah is going to start the Heumann-Armstrong Award for Education Activism. This will give monetary awards to students who have experienced ableism in education, while also driving a conversation around ableism in education that is centered around the experience of students with disabilities. Elijah is an epileptic who was denied accommodations in high school, and was thus motivated to prevent the same thing from happening to other students. He founded Equal Opportunities for Students in 2015 and published pieces in Education Post and Faces of Education. He can be heard telling his story through his Ted Talk or his interviews with NPR. Elijah was an AAPD intern in 2018 in the office of Senator Bob Casey (D-PA). He served on the DREAM (Disability Rights, Education Activism, and Mentoring) National Student Advisory board for three years, and also branched out into other forms of activism while at Penn State, helping to plan a multi-day program around sexual assault prevention and cofounding No Hate Penn State with three other students. In his time at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Elijah was president of the Black Student Union.   Anna Landre is a disability justice advocate whose work focuses on the social and legal barriers faced by disabled people around the world. Anna currently serves the Washington, DC city government as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner. This past summer, she has been doing a Fellowship with us at The Heumann Perspective. She is a Truman and Marshall Scholar, and is about to move to London to study International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies at the London School of Economics. Her advocacy efforts have been featured in outlets including the Washington Post, Forbes, Vogue and others.

In this episode, Judy is chatting with Judith Snedeger, a disabled woman from Kentucky who was put under guardianship and stripped of her rights once she turned 18. With the support from a whole team of people including from one of our other guests, Laura Butler from My Choice Kentucky, Judith successfully fought to terminate her guardianship. Along with Laura and Judith, Judy is joined by Elysia Macini Duerr who is a Staff Attorney at Disability Rights Pennsylvania and Morgan Whitlach who is the Legal Director of Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities. She also serves as the Lead Project Director of the National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making Fourth National Guardianship Summit: Maximizing Autonomy and Ensuring Accountability Recommendations: http://law.syr.edu/uploads/docs/academics/Fourth_National_Guardianship_Summit_-_Adopted_Recommendations_%28May_2021%29.pdf   Judith and another woman hand-in-hand as they walk into a fountain following the termination of Judith's guardianship

In this episode, Judy is chatting with Lydia X.Z. Brown along with Anna Landre who will co-moderate this episode. Anna Landre was a student in Lydia's Disability Studies class at Georgetown University. This is a jam-packed episode as Lydia, Judy and Anna talk about the necessary evolution and growth of the disability movement towards a Disability Justice framework as we celebrate Disability Pride month. Transcript: PDF

Annie Segarra Annie Segarra, also known as Annie Elainey, is a queer, Latinx and disabled American YouTuber, artist, and activist for LGBTQ+ and disability rights. Through the art of storytelling, Annie has cultivated an authentic online community where they share moments of heartache and moments of them dancing on a stool to showtunes. Content Note:  There is discussion about eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and intrusive thoughts in this episode Follow Annie on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @annieelainey Transcript: PDF

Judy is chatting with Wendy Lu and Cara Reedy about disability inclusion and ableism in journalism. Wendy Lu is the staff news editor and national reporter at HuffPost, covering the intersection of disability, politics and culture.  Cara Reedy is the Program Manager for DREDF's Disability Media Alliance Project (DMAP). DMAP is changing the way disability is represented in all forms of media from television, film and journalism.  Transcript: About Cara Reedy