Tiffany Yu in Conversation with Jessica Jordan Ping

Join us as we welcome disability advocates Tiffany Yu and Jessica Jordan Ping to Three Avenues Bookshop to discuss Yu's book: The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World.

We are honored to host Tiffany Yu for an event featuring her book: The Anti-Ableist Manifesto. Tiffany Yu will be in conversation with Jessica Jordan Ping. The event will feature a conversation and audience Q&A, with an author meet & greet and book signing to follow.

When: Wednesday, November 19th at 6:30 pm (doors open at 6:15 pm)

Where: Three Avenues Bookshop - 3009 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657

Copies of The Anti-Ableist Manifesto will be available for purchase during the event, and participants will have the opportunity to get their books signed by Tiffany Yu!

About the Book: The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World

Tiffany Yu takes readers on a revelatory examination of disability--how to unpack biases and build an inclusive and accessible world.

As the Asian American daughter of immigrants, living with PTSD, and sustaining a permanent arm injury at age nine, Tiffany Yu is well aware of the intersections of identity that affect us all. She navigated the male-dominated world of corporate finance as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs before founding Diversability, an award-winning community business run by disabled people building disability pride, power, and leadership, and creating the viral Anti-Ableism series on TikTok.

Organized from personal to professional, domestic to political, Me to We to Us, The Anti-Ableist Manifesto frames context for conversations, breaks down the language of ableism, identifies microaggressions, and offers actions that lead to authentic allyship.

- How do we remove ableist language from our daily vocabulary?
- How do we create inclusive events?
- What are the advantages of hiring disabled employees, and what market opportunities are we missing out on when we don't consider disabled consumers?

With contributions from disability advocates, activists, authors, entrepreneurs, scholars, educators, and executives, Yu celebrates the power of stories and lived experiences to foster the proximity, intimacy, and humanity of disability identities that have far too often been "othered" and rendered invisible.

About the Author

Tiffany Yu is a Taiwanese American award-winning entrepreneur, disability advocate, and content creator. She is the founder and CEO of Diversability, a social enterprise to elevate disability pride. A para climbing athlete, Tiffany is a multiple top-10 finisher representing the United States at international competitions and is training toward the LA28 Paralympic Games. A former investment banker who began her career at Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, and REVOLT, Tiffany has become a leading voice at the intersection of disability, business, and culture. She serves on the NIH National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research, was named to the inaugural Forbes Accessibility 100 list, and previously co-chaired the World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit. Her TED Talk, How to Help Employees with Disabilities Thrive, has over one million views, and her work and story have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, PBS NewsHour, The Guardian, and more. Tiffany is a graduate of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and the London School of Economics. She lives in Los Angeles.

About the Moderator

Jessica Jordan Ping is the Chicago-based creator behind The Rolling Explorer, a speaker, musician, host of the Access Denied podcast, certified accessibility consultant, HR professional, and disability advocate. Through her work, she shares her lived experience, spills the #AccessibiliTEA, and champions real representation, inclusion, and disability pride worldwide.

Event Accessibility

Three Avenues Bookshop's goal is to be a safe, accessible, and inclusive space for all. Please email us at access@threeavenuesbookshop.com to let us know if you need any accommodations for this event, and we'll do our best to meet them. Accommodations can include but are not limited to the following: space for a wheelchair or other mobility device, masks, answering questions about the space over the phone or email ahead of time, etc.