Meet Diversability
& Our Allies
We are a community of people with disabilities (and the people who support us), on a mission to elevate disability pride, together.
Diversability is the Diversity in Disability
We are called Diversability because we believe that disability is diversity and that disability is diverse and we want to showcase that in everything we do. We are proud of our disabled identity and reiterate that “disability” is not a bad word. However, language is complex and we suggest asking the disabled person about their preferred terminology.
Our Founder’s Story
At the age of 9, Tiffany Yu became disabled as a result of a car accident that also took the life of her father. Twelve years later in 2009, Tiffany started Diversability as a student club at Georgetown University. We are disability-owned, Asian American-owned, and woman-owned. Watch Tiffany's TEDx talk, "The Power of Exclusion," to learn more about why she started Diversability.
Female Founded
Disability Owned
Asian Owned
Our Vision
We envision a world where everyone is invested in disability equity, justice, and liberation.
Our Mission
Our mission is to amplify disabled voices and democratize disability visibility, representation, and access.
Our Goals
We aim to increase visibility of disabled people within and outside our community, and achieve representation at all levels.
The Diversability Team
Diversability is created and run entirely by disabled people.
Tiffany Yu (she/her),
Founder and CEO
Katherine Lewis (she/her),
Head of Content
Arielle Dance (she/her),
Writer
Zachary Hom (he/him),
Research & Community
Our Impact
8
Cities
15
Years
6
SDGs tackled
6,900+
Community
members
82,000+
Followers
160+
Events held
Our work contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put forward by the United Nations. Specifically, we seek to impact:
No poverty
Good health & well-being
Gender Equality
Decent work and economic growth
Reduced inequalities
Partnerships for the goals
What Is Disability?
An individual with a visible or invisible disability is defined as someone who has, or considers themselves to have, a long-term, or recurring, issue that impacts one or more major activities that others may consider to be a daily function; this definition also includes the perception among others that a disability exists. (source: Lime Connect).
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one of more major life activity. People with a disability may include:
people who are blind or partially sighted
people with learning or intellectual disabilities
people who are Deaf or hard of hearing
people with a physical disability
people with long term or chronic illnesses
people with mental health or psychological difficulties
people with neurological differences
people with an acquired brain injury
For us, simply put, disability is diverse. We know the majority of disabilities are invisible and want to give people the space to identify as they feel comfortable.