Webinar 7/23: Sick
and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: People of Color, Disabilities, and
Mental Health
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.
ACL funds the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
National Training Center (MHDD-NTC). Learn more at mhddcenter.org.
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