Overlapping Identities, Overlapping Barriers: At the Intersection of Disability, Race and Gender

Fri, May 10 2019
5:00 am – 9:00 am
Central Library, Dweck Center

ADHD autism Inclusive Services LGBTQ mental health


“There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” Audre Lourde

When people don’t fit the dominant stereotype associated with their identity, barriers, already significant, increase. Hear about the stuggle in the panel "In Our Own Voices."  Check out the break out sessions on special education services for English Language Learners, strategies for autistic trans people, how to challenge your child's classification and growing up disabled in the Caribbean-American Community.  Join us as for overview and concrete support for individuals and families in addressing these and related issues.

Key Note Speaker: Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, EdD(IP); MA, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network

 

Spanish interpretation will be provided.  Call for other languages, registration and more information:  718.253.4948.

Inclusive Services at Brooklyn Public Library are partially funded by Coordinated Outreach Library Services aid from the New York State Education Department, administered by the State Library’s Division of Library Development. Additional funding is provided by The Joseph LeRoy and Ann C. Warner Fund, the ELSAM Fund, Stop & Stor Charitable Fund and through endowment funds established by The Joseph LeRoy and Ann C. Warner Fund and the Ilma F. Kern Foundation.

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