Creating an Inclusive Society Form

Instructions and help about Creating An Inclusive Society

Transcriber: Nawal Sharabati Reviewer: David DeRuwe I have two graduate degrees - one in education and one in public health. I started a food justice nonprofit in New York City in 2016 that is still active and sustainable today. I launched a business, and within one year, I was successful enough to leave my full-time job. I am an international traveler and public speaker, and I am a proud, disabled Latina woman. Are you thinking, “But you don’t look disabled?” The easiest way to explain it is I’m hard of hearing and wear hearing aids. I’m also blind. This might surprise you, so let me help everyone out here, make sure I look more like the world’s idea of blindness. Is that better? (Applause) This is what blindness looks like, right? Well, blindness actually looks like me, too. I have about 5% of my vision remaining due to Usher syndrome. I see the world through a little box like this. While I still have some usable vision, I also benefit from using a white cane. Seven year