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The 2023 D-30 Disability Impact List

 
 

Now in its fourth year, the D-30 Disability Impact List honors the unique accomplishments of our most impactful community members globally through a nomination and selection process.

After receiving more than 270 nominations for more than 168 incredible leaders with disabilities globally, we are pleased to present the 4th D-30 Disability Impact List. We know that this list is not comprehensive of all the disabled people doing great work, but we hope that this can be a catalyst for continuing to advance disability inclusion, leadership, and representation at all levels.

 
 
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Meet the 2023 D-30 Disability Impact List honorees

In Memoriam Honoree

A blue gradient background with navy text has “The D-30 Disability Impact List” at the top centered above “2023 Honoree” which is in between two laurels. Below, “In Memoriam” in a navy blue bar. The words “Judy Heumann, 1947-2023, USA” are to the left of a picture of Judy, which fills the right. At the bottom, “Diversability, #D30DisList.” fills the left corner.

Judy Heumann

1947-2023

United States

Judith "Judy" Heumann (1947-2023) was an internationally recognized disability rights activist, widely regarded as “the mother” of the Disability Rights Movement. She was a leader in the historic Section 504 Sit-In of 1977 and instrumental in the development and implementation of other disability rights legislation. Judy worked in the Clinton and Obama Administrations, as an advisor at the World Bank, and as a Senior Fellow at the Ford Foundation. Judy's story is featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution and her book, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist.

Check out the “Lift Me Up” single, a tribute to Judy Heumann, from 2022 D-30 Honoree Lachi and James Ian, featuring Gaelynn Lea https://lachimusic.com/liftmeup.html

 
 

The 2023 D-30 by the Numbers

 

271

Nominations received

168

Nominees

30 +1

Honorees

 
 
 
 

12

Countries represented

 
 

Gender Identity

 

30%

Man

10%

Nonbinary

60%

Woman

 

Sexual Orientation

 
 

25%

LGBTQIA+

 
 
 

Racial Identity

 

20%

Black

37%

Non-Black People of Color

 

Age

 

13-77

Age range

40

Median age

 

Disability Status

 

73%

Non-apparent disabilities

100%

Disabled

 
 
 

Thank you to Diversability team members Whitney Bailey, Katherine Lewis, and Nidhi Jaisoor for their leadership on this process. And a special thank you to Peter Oliver for additional support and our D-30 Selection Committee members:

  1. Ahouty Kouakou (he/him)—Executive Director of Action et Humanisme | Cote d'Ivoire

  2. Helena Donato-Sapp (she/her)—8th-grade Student | USA

  3. Luciana Viegas (she/her)—Activist and Educator | Brazil

  4. Vashkar Bhattacharjee (he/him)—National Consultant Accessibility | Bangladesh

  5. Puneet Singh Singhal (he/him)—Founder/Director, ssstart | India

  6. Winfred Wanja Kirumia (she/her)—Community based trainer | Kenya

  7. Zane Landin (he/him)—Internal Communications Specialist | USA

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