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Community & Advocacy Disability Justice & Access Public Health & Policy

Our Lives Cannot Wait: California’s Rehabilitation Waitlist and Blind Community Advocacy

California’s rehabilitation waitlist affects education, employment, health, and daily life. Watch our September 14 fireside conversation about Order of Selection, learn from blind advocates, and find ways to take action and support NFB of California.

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Ableism Community & Advocacy Disability Justice & Access Public Health & Policy Public Record

When Ableism Becomes Policy: The Public Health Cost of Delayed Rehabilitation

Two DOR applications, no response, inaccessible government forms, and why disability service delays are a public health emergency. This post has three parts: the problem, my letter to Governor Newsom, and why I wrote it the way I did.

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Ableism Consent & Autonomy Disability Justice & Access Reproductive Justice Sexuality & Relationships

Video of my 2025 Carrie Buck Distinguished Fellowship

Reflecting on disability justice, reproductive autonomy, and the work to combat sexual ableism in our society.

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Ableism Disability Justice & Access Public Health & Policy

Blindness Is Not the Public Health Crisis. Ableism Is.

Why I Wrote to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. About Accessibility, Public Health, and Structural Inequity

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Ableism Community & Advocacy Disability Justice & Access Public Health & Policy Public Record

A Blind Public Health Professional Responds: Public Comment Section 504 Accessibility Delay 

On May 21, 2026, I submitted a public comment to the Department of Health and Human Services asking them to reconsider the Section 504 accessibility delay. Blindness is not the public health crisis. Ableism is.