In March, Women’s Month and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month meet. We invite you to come openly into our community for a conversation on ableism and the spectrum of disability. We are centering those who are BIPOC and have disabilities to continue connecting the dots of our identity, our activism and overall contribution to diversity and equity.
With this meetup we are asking: how does living with a disability intersect with the layers of gender expression, culture, ethnicity, heritage, nationality, sexuality, religion, and more?
How do we Promise a Better Future? With Guest Speaker Dr. Donna Walton, Founder of Divas with Disabilities…
Dr. Donna R. Walton, the author of Shattered Dreams, Broken Pieces, had dreams of international stardom. All it took was one diagnosis at the age of eighteen to turn her life upside down. Through the power of reinvention, Walton got her a new lease on life. Through thousands of hours working with other amputees, staring in “The Retreat” web series showcasing her disability, to receiving national recognition from the National Disability Institute, and being featured on C-SPAN for her community-building projects surrounding the beauty of being a black woman with a disability, Walton credits her unforeseen success through life’s journey that asks the question, “what’s a leg got to do with it?”
Her latest endeavor as the founder of the Divas With Disabilities Project™ has made an unprecedented impact in disability and women of color communities as a hub for thoughtful discussion on issues, self-love, and showing up, unapologetically in all forms of media. She also is producing a film documentary “Divas With Disabilities” that explores the lived experiences of women of color who live with physical disability in the United States. Dr. Walton earned her bachelor’s degree in 1979 from American University; a master’s degree in 1985 in Adult Education from Syracuse University; and, in 2005, a doctoral degree in Counseling from The George Washington University.
Did you know?
“One in five people live with a physical, sensory, cognitive, learning, mental
health, or other disability.”(https://www.respectability.org/speakers-bureau/topics/)
71% of people with disabilities leave a website immediately if it is not accessible.
also a major part of Buddhism and its meditation practices.
The approach to disability in Western and Eastern cultures have staggering
differences stemming from family culture to work culture.
Neurodiversity means that brains operate differently – that there
is not one ‘normal’ or ‘healthy’ type of brain or mind, or one ‘right’
style of neurocognitive functioning (https://ncdj.org/style-guide/)
Did you know?
“One in five people live with a physical, sensory, cognitive, learning, menta health, or other disability.”(https://www.respectability.org/speakers-bureau/topics/)
71% of people with disabilities leave a website immediately if it is not accessible.also a major part of Buddhism and its meditation practices.
The approach to disability in Western and Eastern cultures have staggering differences stemming from family culture to work culture.
Neurodiversity means that brains operate differently – that there is not one ‘normal’ or ‘healthy’ type of brain or mind, or one ‘right’
style of neurocognitive functioning (https://ncdj.org/style-guide/)
