Panel: Success Stories of Authentic Advocacy

Nicole LeBlanc, Advocacy Specialist at the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration and a Former RespectAbility Policy Fellow, moderated this panel of self-advocates at RespectAbility’s 2019 Capitol Hill Summit, From Washington to Hollywood and Beyond: The Future of Americans with Disabilities.

The self-advocates on the panel were: Ila Eckhoff, Managing Director at BlackRock; Evelyn Kelley from the US Patent & Trademark Office and RespectAbility’s Board; Laka Negassa, Policy Fellow at RespectAbility; and Matan Koch, Senior Advisor at RespectAbility.

Download the transcript, event PowerPoint, and read speaker bios at https://www.respectability.org/summit2019/