Tiffany Yu — Smashing Stereotypes and Building a Disability-Inclusive World

Tiffany Yu is the CEO & Founder of Diversability, an award-winning social enterprise to elevate disability pride; the Founder of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter, a monthly micro-grant that has awarded $92.5k to 93 disability projects in 11 countries; and the author of The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World.

As a person with visible and invisible disabilities stemming from a car crash, Tiffany has built a career on disability solidarity. Now that she has found success, she works to expand a network of people with disabilities and their allies to decrease stigmas around disability and create opportunities for disabled people in America.

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Episode Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:26 When do we choose to share our disability stories?

4:12 Jay’s disability story

8:35 Visible and invisible disabilities

13:10What does an ally to the disability community look like?

16:34NoBodyIsDisposable and 14(c)

21:26How does Tiffany’s investment banking background shape her advocacy?

27:47Goodbye and outro

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