Mary Fashik

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Mary Fashik (she/her/hers)

Disability rights advocate

United States 

Mary has become a driving force in the disability/chronic illness space on social media, specifically on Instagram; not only through her own public profile but also behind the scenes on accounts such as @ckyourprivledge, doing accessibility, and bringing disability issues into more mainstream activism spaces. 

Mary was a founding member of a vaccine initiative online to help support the disabled and chronically ill get vaccines. She, along with 2 others, accomplished this via social media campaigns, lobbying, and advocacy. Her work helped many get vaccines during a time when it was extremely difficult for those who were eligible to get it & fought for those who states overlooked eligibility for. She also created camp access during summer 2020, a virtual camp space for the online disability & chronic illness community.

We asked Mary if she would like to add anything else to her accomplishments, and she stated: “Working with Check Your Privilege (@ckyourprivilege on IG) to ensure their content and events are fully accessible. Also helping to be more inclusive of BIPOC disabled voices in the activist space.”