Announcing the 2025 D-30 Disability Impact List #D30DisList During Disability Pride Month
Today, Tuesday, July 15, 2025 — ahead of the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 2025 — Diversability announced the 2025 D-30 Disability Impact List, honoring the accomplishments of 30 disability leaders across 13 countries. Launched in 2020, the D-30 Disability Impact List is Diversability’s annual list honoring 30 disabled leaders globally.
In April 2025, we made an open call for nominations to the 6th annual D-30 list. After receiving more than 300 nominations for almost 150 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 light blue gradient background. At the top in white text, “2025 D-30 By The Numbers.” Below, four icons in circles with stats below: 30 honorees, 13 countries, 100% disabled, 83% non-apparent disabilities. Below, 3 columns with stats. Text, “Other Demographics. 21-65 age range. 41 median age. 23% LGBTQIA+.” In the center, text, “Gender identity.” In a pie chart, 7% nonbinary, 37% man, 56% woman.” On the right, text, “Racial identity. 26% Black. 36% Non-Black people of color.”
2025 D-30 Disability Impact List honorees by the numbers:
Age range: 21-65 (median age: 41)
Number of countries represented: 13
Gender identity: 56% Woman, 37% Man, 7% nonbinary
Black: 26%, non-Black people of color: 36%, LGBTQIA+: 23%
Disability status: 100% disabled, 83% with non-apparent disabilities
A light blue gradient background with white text has a Diversability logo centered at the top above the words “The D-30 Disability Impact List”. “2025 Honorees” is below the words in between two white laurels. 30 headshots fill the bottom half of the graphic in several rows.
Meet the 2025 D-30 Disability Impact List:
Abbie Hills, Talent Agent and Founder, The Dazey Hills Company, UK
Antonio Palma López, Disability, youth, and human rights advocate, Guatemala
Dr. Anubha Mahajan, Founder and Chairperson, Chronic Pain India, India
Ariel Baska, Founder & Director, Access:Horror Film Festival and Ride the Omnibus Inc.; Podcaster and Filmmaker, USA
Brittanie Hernandez-Wilson, Disability Justice Advocate & Lead Homecare Organizer, Hand in Hand, USA
Dr. Carmen Johnson, Co-founder and Chief Programs and Operations Officer (CPOO), Helping Ourselves to Transform, USA
Chhitup Dorji Lama, Founding Executive Director, Himalayan Education and Development (HEAD Nepal), Nepal
Christopher D. Johnson, Founder, Creative Minds LLC, USA
Dibabe Bacha Degefa, Executive Directress, Ethiopian Women with Disabilities National Association, Ethiopia
Emma Vogelmann, Founder, The Wheelchair Activist, UK
Esther Kyozira, CEO, National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda, Uganda
Fabiola Amaya, Founder and Co-President, On the Moov, USA
Fenel Bellegarde, Disability Rights Advocate, Haiti
Dr. Gábor Luci, Autistic Advocate and PhD Researcher, Széchenyi István University; Founder, Peer Support for Neurodivergent Professionals, Hungary
Georgina Colman, Founder and CEO, The Purpl Co Limited, UK
Grant Logan, CEO and Founder, Ability Today, UK
Jihad Enayat Abdalkarim, CEO and Founder, Khal Tech; Disability Advocate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Kareemah Batts, Founder and President, Adaptive Climbing Group, USA
Ketan Arvind Kothari, Managing Consultant, Programs – XRCVC, India
Lara Bloom, President and CEO, The Ehlers-Danlos Society, UK
Lokman Ayva, President, Beyazay Association of Türkiye; Former Member of Parliament, Türkiye
Mahantesh G. Kivadasannavar, Founder and Managing Trustee, India
Maria Porto, CEO and Founder, ACCESS Broadway NY, USA
Marisa Hamamoto, Founder, CEO, and Artistic Director, Infinite Flow Dance, USA
Melissa “echo” Greenlee, CEO and Founder, deaffriendly and deaffriendly CONSULTING, USA
Mushimiyimana Gaudence, Co-founder and Executive Director, Rwandan Organisation of Women with Disabilities (UNABU), Rwanda
Nirmala Bhandari, Founder and President, Nirmala Foundation, Nepal
Sabriye Tenberken, Co-founder and Director, kanthari & Braille Without Borders, India
Dr. Sam Taraporevala, Founder and Executive Director, XRCVC, India
Timothy (Tim) Harte, Disability Advocate and Scientist, Australia
A special thank you to our D-30 Selection Committee Members who are also former D-30 Honorees (in order of first name):
Akii Ngo (They/Them), Consultant, Keynoter, Trainer, Educator, Human Rights Advocate & Survivor-Activist of DFSViolence. Lead - Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Australia
Bakhtawar Barzan Abdalla (He/Him), University Lecturer | Iraq
Kavya Mukhija (She/Her), COO, Chronic Pain India; Researcher, Writer, Disability Rights Advocate | India
Michael Thompson Showunmi (He/Him), Executive Director, Raising Star Africa | Nigeria
Monica Wiley (She/Her), Voter Engagement Specialist | United States
Pauline Castres (She/Her), Climate Policy Researcher | United Kingdom
Wil A. Alveno (He/Him), Database Administrator | United States
Learn more about the 2025 #D30DisList and D-30 honorees at https://mydiversability.com/2025-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.