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Low-Vision Audio Description and Disability Rights Advocate

Actress, model, writer, and U.S. Para Equestrian Alanna Flax-Clark currently lives in New Jersey. Flax-Clark believes she is who she is today not in spite of her disabilities, but because of them. She’s had her own unique challenges, her own strengths and talents that she’s nurtured, and her own weaknesses and disability that she’s had to overcome. [click to continue...]

Disability and Nonprofit Advocate

Abigail Shaw (she, her) is a social worker, long distance runner, a musician, and an admirer of good story telling. Shaw received her Masters of Social Work degree from Fordham University in 2022 and currently provides adjustment counseling to adults, and their families, who have recently received a visual disability diagnosis. She received her bachelor’s degree in [click to continue...]

Aaron Wolf is a member of RespectAbility’s Disability Speakers and Training Bureau, and is available to speak at your organization.

Aaron Seglin is a member of RespectAbility’s Disability Speakers and Training Bureau, and is available to speak at your organization.

Aaron Kaufman joined The Jewish Federations of North America’s Washington DC office in January 2016 and is their Senior Manager of Legislative Affairs. He focuses on disability and poverty issues. Aaron came from the Arc Maryland where he lobbied members of the Maryland General Assembly and the Maryland Congressional delegation on issues affecting Marylanders with [click to continue...]

Lauren Appelbaum (she/her) is the Senior Vice President, Entertainment & News Media, of RespectAbility, a diverse, disability-led nonprofit that works to create systemic change in how society views and values people with disabilities, and that advances policies and practices that empower disabled people to have a better future. As an individual with an acquired nonvisible [click to continue...]