About Sarah Todd Hammer
Sarah Todd Hammer (“Sarah Todd”) is a 24-year-old three-time published author, influencer, disability advocate and consultant, and speaker. When Sarah Todd was eight years old, she acquired a spinal cord injury from C2-T1 due to a neurological condition known as Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM). Viewing her disability as an integral part of her identity, Sarah Todd has dedicated her work to disability advocacy. She shares her accessibility and disability inclusion knowledge to transform the way we see others and the world. Her speaking engagements focus on the benefits of building an accessible, inclusive world in which we can all thrive.
Speaking Topics
- Disability Advocacy in Higher Education: Sarah Todd shares her journey of disability advocacy and self-empowerment in the academic world. Attendees will learn about her advocacy journey, including how she used writing, social media, and public speaking to drive change. The presentation provides practical strategies for disabled students to self-advocate, build supportive communities, and collaborate with college administrators. Sarah Todd also offers insights into the accommodations process and explores actionable steps colleges can take to develop a disability-inclusive environment.
- Disabled Pride: Embracing Disability Identity: This speaking engagement takes the audience through Sarah Todd’s personal disability identity journey. She provides an overview of disability broadly as well as disability identity and culture. Utilizing the concepts of disabled grief and disabled joy, Sarah Todd shares how she has grown to embrace her disability identity and why Disabled Pride is so groundbreaking. This engagement is ideal for Disability Pride Month.
- An Introduction to Disability Inclusion: What does the term “disability” even mean? How should we speak about the disability community? What are words and phrases to use and words and phrases to avoid? What are disability etiquette best practices? These are all questions addressed in An Introduction to Disability Inclusion. This speaking engagement is ideal for audiences who are in the early stages of their disability inclusion journeys.
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