The 4th of We Can Do Better's Virtual Disability Justice Speaker Series will be on Unpacking Systemic Ableism
ASL and Spanish Interpretation available
Scholarships available email amy@wecandobetter.org
Learn About Unpacking Systemic Ableism
- What is Ableism?
- Ableism in our systems
- Ableism and White Supremacist Culture
- Changing Ableist language
- Listening to Lived Experience
- Neurodiversity movement
- And more…
Jeni Canaday of A Zaney Life is a neurodivergent parent of three neurodivergent children. Jeni has many years of lived experience navigating ableism in systems with her oldest son, including many years of fighting for her sons right to a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the least restrictive educational environment. Jeni continues to advocate for the autonomy, choice and safety of all Disabled humans, and works together with her son to share from their lived experience while advocating for disabled children to influence policy at the school board, state legislature and national levels. She is also a trained IEP advocate and volunteers to support families at IEP and wraparound meetings. Jeni sits on the Children’s System Advisory Council, Oregon Needs Assessment Advisory Panel, Eugene 4J School District Equity Committee, Education Justice Action Team, Lane County Behavioral Health Systems Advisory Committee and Lane County Systems of Care as family voice of lived experience and more. Jeni is trained in Think Kids Collaborative Problem Solving and has worked as a Family Support Specialist
Amy Fellows of We Can Do Better is a neurodivergent parent of an intersectional teen that has been impacted by racism and ableism in multiple systems. Amy sits on the Oregon Universal Health Plan Governance Board (to advocate for disabled Oregonians), 988 Crisis Systems Advisory Steering Committee as a voice for families with ID/DD youth, Education Justice Action Team, Oregon’s Systems of Care Advisory Council Legislative Committee and Lane County Systems of Care as family voice of lived experience and more. Amy was recently appointed to the Eugene 4J school district Budget Committee to advocate for Special Education students.
