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Recognizing ADA at 35 With Personal Stories of Disability Advocacy
ASHA Voices
22 minutes 27 seconds
4 months ago
Recognizing ADA at 35 With Personal Stories of Disability Advocacy
In recognition of Disability Pride Month and the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, two CSD professionals share personal stories of disability advocacy.Angela Evenich—who has previously written about the influence of cerebral palsy on her career as a speech-language pathologist—discusses the people and ideas that have changed her perspective on disability.Then, audiologist Jasmine Simmons tells us about her book series on Usher syndrome. Simmons herself has Usher syndrome. And like Simmons, the protagonist of her first book, “Extraordinary Jordyn and Her Bionic Ears,” has a cochlear implant.Learn More:* ASHA Voices: Creating ‘Ramps’ to Communication Access in Health Care (https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/2024-1121-podcast-slp-communication-access-stories/full/)* Imagine True Inclusion: Defining the Social Model of Disability (https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/leader.FTR1a.30012025.strengths-based-assess-slp.34/full/)* An SLP Starts a Nonprofit to Provide Disability Support Internationally (https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/leader.LML.29092024.Slp-global-training.24/full/)* From My Perspective/Opinion: SLP Views Ableism and Accessibility, Not Her Cerebral Palsy, as Real Career Barriers (https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/leader.FMP.29012024.CP-student-slps.14/full/)Transcript
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