Learning To Accept Yourself, Your Bad Experiences, and Your Skills: Our Conversation with Emily Ladau

Emily Ladau is our guest on this episode of Day In Washington. Listen as she shares some of what she has learn throughout her life, and what policy issue she is most concerned about. Bio Emily Ladau is a passionate disability rights activist, writer, speaker, and digital communications consultant whose career began at the age […]

Emily Ladau is our guest on this episode of Day In Washington. Listen as she shares some of what she has learn throughout her life, and what policy issue she is most concerned about.

Bio

Emily Ladau is a passionate disability rights activist, writer, speaker, and digital communications consultant whose career began at the age of 10, when she appeared on several episodes of Sesame Street to educate children about her life with a physical disability. In 2017, she was named as one of Adelphi University’s 10 Under 10 Young Alumni. In 2018, she was awarded the Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leader Award from the American Association of People with Disabilities.

Emily is the Editor in Chief of the Rooted in Rights Blog, a platform focused on amplifying authentic writing on disability rights issues. And, she is a co-host of The Accessible Stall Podcast.

Emily’s writing has been published on websites including The New York Times, SELF, Salon, Vice, and Huffington Post. Emily has spoken before numerous audiences, ranging from a panel about the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act at the U.S. Department of Education, to a keynote presentation at the 2018 TASH Conference.

All of Emily’s activism is driven by her belief that if we want the world to be accessible to people with all types of disabilities, we must make ideas and concepts surrounding disability accessible to the world.

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The accessible Stall podcast

Some of the Points Made

Disability is common in Emily’s family.

Disability doesn’t have to be a secondary thing. Treat it as a part of who you are. Spending time with self-assured people with disabilities can help.

Embrace the bad experiences. They can become stepping stones to better experiences.

People who want a career in communications need to just start. You’ll improve over time. Also, not everyone is meant to be in that field.

Emily wants subminimum wage to be a thing of the past.

In terms of having fun, Emily likes to step away from her technology every now and then.

Your activist hat doesn’t need to be on all the time.

Thanks to Emily for a great conversation.