Embrace It: Episode 30 - Dayniah Manderson, The Miseducation of Inclusion

Dayniah is a Jamaican immigrant, mother, educator, writer, and activist living with SMA.  

As a tenured English teacher with over 15 years of teaching experience in New York City public schools, Dayniah uses an electric wheelchair and has been unable to use a restroom at her middle school building in the Bronx for the past 14 years due to the New York City Department of Education (DOE)’s failure to provide a facility that meets her access needs.

30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, fewer than 25% of DOE schools are fully accessible due to the widespread presence of architectural barriers. 

Join us for this eye-opening episode as we uncover some of the deep systemic barriers still facing the disability community and how we can work to ensure true change and inclusion.

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