Note: This is the second part of a feature by Huffington Post's Seth Mnookin that began two days ago on the Public Library of Science. The introduction to both parts is identical.
I asked some of the people who've influenced my thinking about all of these issues to collaborate on a virtual roundtable.
Ari Ne'eman, autism rights advocate and the co-founder of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). In 2009, President Obama appointed him to the National Council on Disability: Please do excuse my delay, Seth - I've just finished attending the National Disability Leadership Alliance's
Annual Planning Retreat. NDLA is a very unique version of something
that is very common in Washington, DC, it is an advocacy coalition of
national organizations which lobby to influence public policy, with a
twist: it is controlled by a Steering Committee limited to national
groups run by and for people with disabilities. ASAN serves alongside
groups like the National Federation of the Blind, Little People of
America, the National Association of the Deaf, the American Association
of People with Disabilities and many others. Participating in NDLA is
frequently a great opportunity to learn something new from those with
backgrounds different from oneself - but more often than not, it gives
one a chance to learn about how similar the experiences of people with different disabilities are.
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