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Webinar 7/23: Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: People of Color, Disabilities, and Mental Health

July 8, 2020

Register for the webinar on Thursday, July 23, at 2:00 PM ET.

The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities National Training Center (MHDD-NTC) presents a webinar exploring the unique intersection of disability, mental health, and people of color. People of color experience higher rates of disability and mental health conditions, but often face decreased access to care and have other co-occurring health disparities. This presentation will highlight these inequities and discuss how we can work towards eliminating these disparities and becoming stronger allies for people of color.

Presenter:

Morénike Giwa Onaiwu is an educator, writer, public speaker, parent, and global advocate. A proactive, resourceful professional and disabled woman of color in a multicultural, neurodiverse, serodifferent family, Morénike, who is American-born to immigrant parents, possesses undergraduate and graduate degrees in International Relations and Education. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the “Advocating for Another: Health Activist of the Year” 2014 WEGO Health Award and the “Service to the Self-Advocacy Movement” 2015 Autistic Self Advocacy Network Award.

Register for the webinar.


ACL funds the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities National Training Center (MHDD-NTC). Learn more at mhddcenter.org


Last modified on 07/08/2020


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