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ABA Wide 21-Day Disability Equity Habit-Building Challenge ©

The ABA Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council is proud to launch a 21-Day Disability Equity Habit-Building Challenge syllabus in honor of Disability Pride Month. This Challenge is modeled after the “21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge©,” which was conceived several years ago by diversity expert Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. to advance deeper understandings of the intersections of race, power, privilege, supremacy, and oppression. We are grateful to Dr. Moore for publicly sharing and encouraging others to use this 21-day framework as an educational tool, including to advance learning across myriad diverse communities.

We invite ABA members and non-members, including non-lawyers, to participate in this Disability Equity Habit-Building Challenge©. Its goal is to assist each of us to become more aware and engaged in the quest for disability equity, and specifically to learn more about the members of the disability community, many of whom are from other marginalized communities, as well as barriers, biases, stereotypes, and discrimination they encounter in everyday life. 

How It Works

It is, of course, completely voluntary to do, and participation in the Challenge shall not be construed as agreement with every word of every assignment nor a commitment by any person to a particular professional position or strategy. Further, participants are free to opt out of participating along the way. There is no grade at the end of the Challenge. 

The Challenge invites participants to complete a syllabus of 21 daily, short assignments (typically taking 20 minutes), over 21 consecutive days, that includes readings, videos, and podcasts, followed by discussion questions. This Challenge cannot highlight all of the diversity of experiences and opinions within the disability community itself, but is an introduction to what we hope will be a rewarding journey that extends far beyond the limits of this project.

Disability Identity/ Pride/ Culture

Intersectionality

 Ableism/ Disability Justice

Disability Language / Etiquette

Media Representation of Disability

Disability Rights Laws

Inclusion & Accessibility

Voting

Housing & Home- and Community-Based Services

Activism

Education

Employment

Health Care Equity

COVID-19

Victimization of Disabled

Police Interactions with People with Disabilities

Prisons and Jails

Civil Commitment

Guardianship / Conservatorship / Supported Decision-Making

Reproductive Rights / Eugenics

International Disability Rights / Immigration

ABA Commission on Disability Rights 

Learn more about and explore resources of the ABA Commission on Disability Rights.

Special Thanks

Special Thanks to the D&I Advisory Council 21-Day Challenge Committee, supporters, subject matter experts, and co-creators of this Disability Equity Challenge: 

  • Amy Allbright, Staff Director, ABA Commission on Disability Rights
  • Alisa B. Arnoff, Partner, Scalambrino & Arnoff, LLP; ABA Labor and Employment Law Section, Co-Chair, Lawyers with Disabilities Affinity Group
  • Denise Avant, Chair, ABA Commission on Disability Rights
  • Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, Director of Disability Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington College of Law; ABA Civil Rights and Social Justice Section Liaison to the ABA Commission on Disability Rights
  • Elizabeth Eubanks, Attorney, Rios Eubanks, LLP; Commissioner, ABA Commission on Disability Rights
  • Evan M. Greenberger, Program Associate, ABA Commission on Disability Rights
  • Ernest D. Holtzheimer, Member, Eckert Seamans; ABA Business Law Section, Vice-Chair, Lawyers with Disabilities Involvement Subcommittee
  • Nicholas D. Lawson, Georgetown Law Scholar; Commissioner, ABA Commission on Disability Rights
  • Kendra J. Muller, Juris Doctor, University of San Diego; Law Student Division Liaison to ABA Commission on Disability Rights
  • Michael A. Sabella, Counsel, BakerHostetler; Commissioner, ABA Commission on Disability Rights; ABA Business Law Section, Chair, Lawyers with Disabilities Involvement Subcommittee
  • Jason Wojciechowski, Partner, Bush Gottlieb; ABA Labor and Employment Law Section, Co-Chair, Lawyers with Disabilities Affinity Group
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