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I am Justin Smith, a disability rights advocate. I share my thoughts and ideas about living with athetoid cerebral palsy, auditory neuropathy and kernicterus on my blog. I use an augmentative communication device to speak. Thanks for reading my writing and don't forget to be awesome!

Speaking engagements

• Charting the C's Keynote Speaker and Presentations at Family Day and Conference, April 2018

• Featured in Microsoft Inclusion in Action series, October 2017. 

• MN Capitol Grand Opening on August 13, 2017. Presenting with Dr. Colleen Wieck, Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities: Hotdish Panel: Remembering the Past and Reimagining the Future: Living with a Disability.  

• Global Accessibility Awareness Day event at MN Department of Education on May 18, 2017. Presented Inclusion in School and Life.

• Closing the Gap 2016 Conference on October 20, 2016. Presented Accessibility and Printed Materials That Prepare Tomorrow's Workforce Accessibility and Printed Materials that Prepare Tomorrow’s Workforce

Writing featured in

• Being Human: Living with a Disability  essay published in Disability Access Press. November 10, 2016.

• Being Human: Living with a Disability essay published in Minnesota's Olmstead Plan at DHS: Enabling a Brighter Future, 2nd Quarter Update, Minnesota Department of Human Services, August 2016. 

• Looking Toward the Future, White Bear Lake Area Schools Graduation Speeches, 2016.

• WriteNow! Creative Non-Fiction Award of Merit for Being Human: Living with a Disability, White Bear Center for the Arts, May, 2016. 

Follow me 

• Twitter at  @JustinDFTBA

• Email at JustinSmithWrites@gmail.com 

• LinkedIn profile 

• Justin Smith YouTube Channel