January 2021 - The National Center for Disability, Equity, and Intersectionality

Blog with us!

Posted on January 17, 2021 | by Leah Smith | 1 Comment

The National Center for Disability, Equity, and Intersectionality invites you to blog (or vlog) with us!

General Submission Guidelines

We are looking for submissions about disability justice, healthcare, and community living inequities faced by people with disabilities and proposed solutions to make the services within these systems more equitable. We want posts that will educate, inform, empower, and challenge people to think in new ways.

We are open for submissions year-round.

Guest blog posts are usually between 500 and 1,000 words. Please include a short bio and a photograph with your submission.

The National Center for Disability, Equity, and Intersectionality team may work with you to edit your blog. Our publication schedule varies. Please allow at least one week between submission and proposed publication date.

Authors and photographers have rights. Please credit others' work in your submission and cite our blog if you republish.

Following publication, we will share your blog post via Facebook, Twitter, and our newsletter.

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Steps to Develop a Disability Advocacy Response to Vaccine Roll-Out Plans

Posted on January 17, 2021 | by Guest Author | 1 Comment

family photo of Stephanie Meredith and her husband and 3 children — Stephanie Meredith is the author and co-author of multiple resources for new and expectant parents who receive a diagnosis of Down syndrome or other genetic disabilities. Ms. Meredith leads the Center for Dignity’s Prenatal Diagnosis Subcommittee. Ms. Meredith shares her advocacy letter to Georgia state leadership as an example for other advocates who would like to ensure people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have equitable access to vaccines.

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