Cool Cats: Voices from the Disability Community
This fun series started off as “Cool Cats” – and really, for SEO purposes, evolved into the much more staid “Voices from the Disability Community,” before rolling back to “Cool Cats.”
In this series, cool people with disabilities answer the same set of questions. You get to have fun with the variety of responses to the same set questions!
It’s a great way to to get know some awesome people, and also for those of you who are looking to network or find a mentor or connect, and it’s a way to meet people across the disability community.
If you have a disability and want to share your voice (be cool!), click here or the link below!
Voices from the Disability Community in Summary:
Rich Donovan: Business man, CEO. Star Wars. Disability: Cerebral Palsy
Pauline Victoria: Entrepreuner. Star Trek. Disability: limb difference (no arms, one short leg)
Neil Jacobson: IT Professional, CEO, business man. Star Trek. Disability: Cerebral Palsy
Susan Henderson: Executive Director, Advocacy Professional. Star Trek. Disability: amputee
Joshua Miele, Information Accessibility Researcher. Star Trek in the brain, Star Wars in the heart. Disability: blind
Joy Elan, Poet. Star Wars. Disability: deaf
Alice Wong, National Council on Disability and Staff Research Associate. Star Trek. Disability: Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Carrie Griffin Basas, Lawyer/law professor. Star Search. Disability: Larsen’s syndrome
Tony Candela, Disability Program Administrator. Star Trek. Disability: blind
Dave Hingsburger, Blogger, Director of Clinical and Educational Services, Lecturer and Trainer. Star Trek. Disability: not specifically stated (- but wheelchair user)
Sarah Tom, Assistant Professor. Star Trek and Star Wars. Disability: fibromyalgia
Gary Karp, Writer, Speaker, Trainer, Performer. Star Trek. Disability: paralyzed by spinal cord injury at T12
Loren Steinberg, Systems Change Advocate. Star Trek. Disability: Arthogryposis
Corbett O’Toole, Activist/Advocate. Post-Shatner Star Trek and Star Wars. Disability: polio
David Roche, Comedian. Star Trek and Star Wars. Disability: facial difference
Alan Muir, Director (COSD). Star Wars. Disability: Little Person Spondylephiseal Dysplasia dwarfism
Katherine Reyes, Teacher. Star Wars. Disability: Deaf
Cara Leibowitz, Activist/Blogger. Star Trek. Disability: Cerebral Palsy
Simi Linton, Writer, Dancer. Neither Star Trek/Star Wars. Disability: unspecified
