Acknowledgments
To the many corporate leaders and disability leaders and influencers who have guided me and even hired me, I still learned more than I was able to share with you, and I synthesized from all of you the wisdom you shared with ease and confidence, I thank you! Frances West, Felicity Spowart and PJ Edington (deceased); Delta’s Ed Bastian, John Laughter, Dana Folsom, Alison Lathrop and Donise Hall; Michael, Carole, Amy Marks Dornbusch, and Justin Marks; Iris and Saul Katz; Ralph and Lucy Palleschi; and Michael and Chris Pascucci, Sheryl Buchel, Mike Caprara, Dr. Chris Rosa, Victor Calise, Russ Cusick, Candy Cucharo, and Beth Daly.
To my law partners at The Powers Firm, Peter “Lloyd” Thomas, managing partner, and Bobby Silverstein, partner and lead author of the Americans with Disabilities Act; thank you!
To my global family of extraordinary disability advocates and leaders: Paul Hearne (deceased), Kathy Martinez, Jim Weisman, Patricia (Pat) Wright, Judy Heumann, Andy Imparato, Caroline Casey, Susan Scott‐Parker, Jill Houghton, Deb Dagit, Jennifer Sheehy, Lori Golden, Charlotte Dales, Sarah Bernard and Charles Trunz of Inclusively, Justin (deceased) and Yoshiko Dart, Michael Morris, Susan Constantino, Ed Mathews, Duncan Wyeth, Amena El‐Saie and Ramez Maher (Egypt), Axel Leblois, Jenny Lay‐Flurrie, Hiro Itoh (Japan), Susan Scott‐Parker, US Senator Tom Harkin, Suzanne Colbert and Dr. Dinesh Palipana (Australia), Maria Town, Claudia Gordon, Jonathan Young, Dr. Glen White, ...
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