The Power of Perspective: Navigating PR with a Disability

The Power of Perspective: Navigating PR with a Disability

Emily Ladau works as a communications expert, author and disability rights activist who strives to promote accessibility through her storytelling efforts. She established her career through disability advocacy work while using her communications skills to support people with Larsen syndrome. She has written Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be An Ally, and has worked […]

Thriving, Not Just Surviving: How I Learned to Advocate for Myself as a Neurodivergent Student

Thriving, Not Just Surviving: How I Learned to Advocate for Myself as a Neurodivergent Student

Navigating college as a neurodivergent student can feel like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Traditional academic spaces aren’t always built with neurodivergence in mind, making things like rigid deadlines, sensory overload​ and unclear expectations overwhelming. I learned this the hard way when I transitioned from high school to college, where the shift in structure caught […]

A Look Back Into Women’s History Month: Women’s Voices in Public Relations

A Look Back Into Women’s History Month: Women’s Voices in Public Relations

Women’s History Month is in March, a month that celebrates all of the achievements of women over the past years. This also includes all the work that women have played in shaping the field of the PR industry into what it is today. Currently, about 70% of PR professionals are women, which indicates this industry is where various opportunities to […]

Construyendo Pertenencia: Implementando BEDI y Accesibilidad en una District Conference

Construyendo Pertenencia: Implementando BEDI y Accesibilidad en una District Conference

La accesibilidad y BEDI (pertenencia, equidad, diversidad e inclusión) no son sólo conceptos de los que hablar. Son profundamente personales y humanos. Sin embargo, nuestra comprensión de estos temas a menudo está moldeada por nuestras propias experiencias y las personas que conocemos. Para mí, mi relación con mi hermano menor, que está dentro del espectro autista, determinó gran parte de […]