Alice Wong (activist)
| Alice Wong | |
|---|---|
 Alice Wong at the White House via robot | |
| Born | 1974 |
| Occupation | Activist, journalist |
| Home town | San Francisco, California |
Alice Wong (born 1974) is a disability rights activist based in San Francisco, CA.
Career
Alice Wong is the founder and Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project,[1] a project collecting oral histories of people with disabilities in the United States that is being run in coordination with StoryCorps. The Disability Visibility Project was created on the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[2]
Wong also serves as an advisory board member for APIDC, Asians and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California. She is also a Presidential appointee to the National Council on Disability an independent federal agency which advises the President, Congress, and other federal agencies on disability policies, programs, and practices.[3]
In 2015, Wong attended the reception at the White House for the 25th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act via telepresence robot. She was the first person to visit the White House and the President by robot presence.[4]
Awards
For her leadership on behalf of the disability community, Wong received the Mayor’s Disability Council Beacon Award in 2010, the first-ever Chancellor’s Disability Service Award in 2010, and the 2007 Martin Luther King, Jr. Award at UCSF.
References
- ↑ http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/alice-wong-sets-out-chronicle-disability-history-n184961
- ↑ http://talkpoverty.org/2015/07/30/telling-stories-people-with-disabilities/
- ↑ https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2013/01/13465/president-obama-appoints-alice-wong-national-council-disability
- ↑ " 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/