disabled rights activist Judi Chamberlin – American activist, leader, organizer, public speaker and educator in the psychiatric survivors movement; her political activism followed her involuntary confinement in a psychiatric facility in the 1960s the author of On Our Own: Patient-Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System, which is a foundational text in the Mad Pride movement James I. Charlton – activist and author of Nothing About Us Without Us María Soledad Cisternas – Chilean disability rights activist, member of the committee that drafted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and served as the chairperson on the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; in 2017, was appointed the Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility for the United Nations Claudia Cockburn – British activist for transportation accessibility Tony Coelho – former congressman from California, primary author and U.S. House sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act Rebecca Cokley – Executive Director of the National Council on Disability Cäsar Jacobson – Norwegian-Canadian. Bilaterally Deaf activist & United Nations Youth Champion, this person is a registered Health Care Worker focusing on Equality & Disability Rights Activism Kitty Cone – disability rights activist and staff member of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Lois Curtis – American activist and the lead plaintiff in a U.S. Supreme Court case about unjustified segregation of people with disabilities in healthcare institutions D Paul Darke – British academic and international disability rights activist Justin Whitlock Dart Jr. – co-founder of the American Association of People with Disabilities Nyle DiMarco – activist and spokesperson for LEAD-K, 'Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids' campaign for American Sign Language and English in education setting D. P. Sharma – Indian disability rights activist working for equal opportunity in education, tech enabled education access, and transformation in education and employment policies Rich Donovan – economist and founder of the Return On Disability Index Theresa Ducharme – founder of the disabled-rights advocacy group People in Equal Participation Inc. in 1981; the organization's chair for many years thereafter April Dunn – helped pass Act 833 in Louisiana which helped provide alternatives to graduation for students who cannot pass the standardized tests E Anne Emerman - director of the New York City Mayor's Office for Disabilities (MOPD) during the administration of David Dinkins. Dominick Evans – filmmaker, activist, founder of #FilmDis. Media & Entertainment advocate for Center for Disability Rights