Announcing the 2024 D-30 Disability Impact List #D30DisList During Disability Pride Month
Today, Tuesday, July 23, 2024 — ahead of the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 2024 — Diversability announced the 2024 D-30 Disability Impact List, honoring the accomplishments of 30 disability leaders across 4 countries. Launched in 2020, the D-30 Disability Impact List is Diversability’s annual list honoring 30 disabled leaders globally.
In April 2024, we made an open call for nominations to the 5th annual D-30 list. After receiving almost 200 nominations for more than 117 disability leaders, our D-30 Selection Committee helped us finalize our list to highlight the work of 30 individuals with disabilities. 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.
A square graphic with a blue gradient background. At the top in white text, “2024 D-30 By The Numbers.” Below, four icons in circles with stats below: 30 honorees, 7 countries, 100% disabled, 83% non-apparent disabilities. Below, 3 columns with stats. Text, “Other Demographics. 13-57 age range. 33 median age. 27% LGBTQIA+.” In the center, text, “Gender identity.” In a pie chart, 10% nonbinary, 37% man, 53% woman.” On the right, text, “Racial identity. 13% Black. 63% Non-Black people of color.”
2024 D-30 Disability Impact List honorees by the numbers:
Age range: 13-57 (median age: 33)
Number of countries represented: 7
Gender identity: 53% Woman, 37% Man, 10% nonbinary
Black: 13%, non-Black people of color: 63%, LGBTQIA+: 27%
Disability status: 100% disabled, 83% with non-apparent disabilities
A blue gradient background with white text has a Diversability logo centered at the top above the words “The D-30 Disability Impact List”. “2024 Honorees” is below the words in between two white laurels. 30 headshots fill the bottom half of the graphic in several rows.
Meet the 2024 D-30 Disability Impact List:
Abhishek Kumar, Ideator, founder and curator, The Sangyan, India
Aditi Gangrade, CCO & Co-Founder, Much Much Spectrum, India
Amar Sharif, Founder, Sexy Disabled Folks, USA
Amos Miller, Founder and CEO, Glidance Inc, USA
Brenden Gilbert, Deaf Accessibility and Inclusion Advocate, USA
Catarina Rivera, MSEd, MPH, CPACC, Public Speaker, DEIA Consultant, Content Creator at Blindish Latina LLC, USA
Chloe Sarah Hayden, Disability advocate, author and actor, Australia
Constance Nneka Onyemaechi , Executive Director, Women and Girls with Albinism Network. , Nigeria
Emily Steffensmeier, Rowe's Research Runners + Chronically Emily (Disability advocate/fundraiser), USA
Ferdinand Lyngdoh Marshillong, Chairman of the Federation of Persons with Disabilities Meghalaya, India
Kavya Mukhija, Disability Rights Advocate, India
Keya Hatkar, Self Advocate for Inclusion - I M Possible & SMAART, India
Lauren Pires, Invisible Disability Speaker, PR & Media Lead, Canada
Liel Bridgford, Psychologist, Writer, Educator, Kultivate Founder & Director, Australia
Michael Showunmi, Founder & Executive Director, Raising Star Africa, Nigeria
Monica Yvette Wiley, Voter Engagement Specialist/DEI Facilitator with the National Disability Rights Network. , USA
Natasha Trehan, Founder and Executive Director of Take a Pain Check Foundation, Host of Take a Pain Check Podcast, Canada
Nathan Chung, Neurodiversity advocate, Founder & Former Leader of WiCyS Neurodiversity Affiliate, USA
Nicole D'Angelo, Autistic advocate (Access team/script consultant/asst music director, How to Dance in Ohio on Broadway), USA
Nipun Kumar Malhotra, CEO & Founder, Nipman Foundation, India
Pedro Emmanuel Navarro Aguilar, social worker and co-writer of "Unseen", USA
Precious Perez, President at RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities), CEO/Owner of Precious Perez Musica LLC, USA
Ronald Pettit, Director, Disability Inclusion & ADA Compliance, Royal Caribbean Group, USA
Saran Tugsjargal, Disability Advocate + Commissioner - California Department of Education Advisory Commission Special Education, Mongolia and USA
Sonny Jane Wise, Neurodivergent Advocate, Public Speaker and Author, Australia
Sunjay Smith, Founder, CripJustice, USA
Sydney Jean Satalino, Filmmaker, USA
Vaishali Kannan, Disability Advocate, India
Wanhong Zhang, Disability advocate, China
Xian Horn, Founder and Director of Give Beauty Wings, USA
A special thank you to our D-30 Selection Committee Members who are also former D-30 Honorees (in order of first name):
David Reyes (He/Him), DE&I Consultant | El Salvador
Lorin MacDonald (She/Her), Human rights lawyer | Canada
Matt McCann (He/Him), CEO and Co-Founder of Access Earth | Ireland
Dr. Sai Kaustuv (He/Him), Graphics & Visual Designer, Global Motivational TEDx Speaker, Certified Happiness Coach, D&I Global Champion | India
Sara M. Acevedo (She/Her), Distinguished Visiting Scholar (SUNY Buffalo), Assistant Professor of Disability Studies at Miami University, Ohio | USA
Thato Mphuthi (She/Her), Founding Director, Enabled Enlightenment | South Africa
Theophilus Odaudu (He/Him), Program Manager, West Africa, Disability Rights Fund | Nigeria
Learn more about the 2024 #D30DisList and D-30 honorees at https://mydiversability.com/2024-d30-honorees
About Diversability LLC: Diversability® is an award-winning entirely disabled-led and disabled-run community business to elevate disability pride, build disability power, and advance disability leadership. Since our founding in 2009 as a campus club by Tiffany Yu, Diversability® has grown its digital ecosystem to over 80,000, hosted over 150 events to move the conversation forward in disability inclusion, and helped disabled people get paid over $130,000.