#121 - Addressing the Disability Advocacy Divide

Disability advocates have made great strides in recent years with headway in inclusion efforts and employment equality. While one segment of the disability community continues the hard work of bringing about needed change and celebrate victories along the way, there is another segment with more significant and debilitating disabilities being agressively silenced. Because policy and research are driven by awarenesses, the silencing of this segment of the disability community has come at the great cost of diminishing programs and supports for those who need them most. Can we come together and honor everyone's reality? About the Guest: Jill Escher is an autism research philanthropist, president of the National Council on Severe Autism, immediate past president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, a housing provider to adults with developmental disabilities Related Episodes: Episode 120: Families in Crisis - Lack of Supports and Nowhere to Go w guest Vance Goforth Episode 94: Disability Employment - Is It Really Possible for All? with guest Sean Roy of TransCen Episode 73: Advocacy Series Recap Episode 72: Finding Your Advocacy Style w guest Michelle Sullivan of Advocate Like a Mother Episode 71: Political Advocacy - Yes You Can! w guest Laura Hatcher of The Little Lobbyist Episode 67: HCBS Waiver, Fair Labor Laws & Advocating for Choice w guest Ashley Kim of Together for Choice Episode 63 & 64: Inclusive Education - Overcoming the Resistance w guest Julie Causton of Inclusive Schooling Episode 61 & 62: Inclusive Housing & Social Change w guest Micaela Connery of The Kelsey This episode is one of twelve making up the Complicated Behaviors Series in Season 4.