Walking the Walk: Building Professional Careers For Self-Advocates Within Disability Organizations
Self-Advocates want to do more than serve on advisory committees. They want careers! Maxwell Barrows and Hasan Ko have held a variety of positions over the past 17 years at Green Mountain Self-Advocates. Presenters will introduce strategies, tips, and tools for a more inclusive workplace that supports people with disabilities to have professional jobs within our field. Self-Advocates often encounter a “glass ceiling” when they try to advance in their careers, even within disability organizations. If our disability movement is truly going to embrace the concept of Nothing About Us Without Us, more people with intellectual disabilities need professional opportunities.