Sara M. Acevedo

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Dr. Sara M. Acevedo (she/her/hers)

Disability justice scholar-activist

United States 

Sara is a rising star in the world of disability studies, neurodivergence activism, and chronic illness activism. An author, she has received numerous awards and has served on the board of directors of the Society for Disability Studies.

Sara is presenting new work to UNESCO entitled, "Self-Governance and Neurodivergent Literacies: Social Transformation through the Lens of Disability Justice". She helped organize the 2021 Society for Disability Studies online conference, and created a space at the conference for her students to share their work with renowned scholars. She is currently a finalist for the Ford Foundation Disability Futures Fellowship. She has continued doing grassroots organizing amid all of her other endeavors.

We asked Sara if she would like to add anything else about her accomplishments and she stated: “I am very proud of this collaboration with Vera Institute for Justice (National Resource Center )and Casa de Esperanza (leader in the domestic violence movement and a national resource center for organizations working with Latin@s in the United States) who commissioned me to write an anti-ableist glossary of disability terminology in Spanish. Here is the link to the resource (it is open source): https://reachingvictims.org/resource/anti-ableist-glossary-of-disability-terms/”.