Alice Wong

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Alice Wong (* 1974 ) is an activist of the disability movement in San Francisco .

Alice Wong via telerobot at the reception in the White House (2015)

Life

Alice Wong is the founder and coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project (DVP). Together with StoryCorps, the DVP collects the oral history of people with disabilities in the USA . The DVP was founded on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act .

Wong serves on the advisory board of APIDC, Asians and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California and is a member of the National Council on Disability .

In 2015, Wong attended a reception at the White House using telerobotics .

Wong has spinal muscular atrophy .

Awards

  • 2010: Mayor's Disability Council Beacon Award
  • 2010: Chancellor's Disability Service Award in 2010
  • 2007: Martin Luther King, Jr. Award

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alice Wong Sets Out to Chronicle Disability History - NBC News . Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  2. ^ Telling Our Stories: Why I Launched the Disability Visibility Project . July 30, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  3. ^ President Obama Appoints Alice Wong to National Council on Disability . Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "San Francisco's Alice Wong's historical White House visit". SFGate, July 22, 2015. http://blog.sfgate.com/lshumaker/2015/07/22/san-franciscos-alice-wongs-historical-white-house-visit/
  5. ^ Mitzi Baker: Alice Wong Wins National Disabilities Organization Award . University of California San Francisco . March 22, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Wong, Alice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1974