The Newton Commission On Disability, Understanding Our Differences, and the Newton Free Library will present a fireside chat — Demystifying Disability: A Community Conversation with Author Emily Ladau — on Wednesday, July 9, 7PM-8PM at the Newton Free Library (33 Homer Street). Doors will open at 6:30PM for informal conversation and information sharing.
Attend in person or virtually via Zoom. No registration needed to attend in person. Register here for the Zoom session.
Emily Ladau is a disability rights activist, writer, and communications and cultural access consultant. Her career began at the age of 10, when she appeared on multiple episodes of Sesame Street to educate about her life with a physical disability. Emily’s writing has been published in outlets including The New York Times, CNN, Vice, and HuffPost and in her first book, Demystifying Disability. She has spoken before numerous audiences, from the U.S. Department of Education to the United Nations. Central to all of Emily’s work is her belief that by sharing our stories and making the disability experience accessible to the world, we will reach a world that is accessible to the disability community.
Commission on Disability co-chair Jack Lovett will moderate the discussion and Q&A session on living with, talking about, and advocating around disability, in celebration of Disability Pride month and the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Note About Accommodations:
The location of this event is wheelchair accessible and will include ASL interpretation and CART transcription. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to persons with disabilities requiring assistance. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact Newton’s ADA/Sec.504 Coordinator, Jini Fairley, two weeks in advance of this event: [email protected] or (617) 796-1253. For Telecommunications Relay Service, please dial 711.
