Brittany Déjean is founder and executive director of AbleThrive, a social enterprise with a mission to make it easier for families impacted by disabilities to find resources and to reframe the perception of disability in society. Brittany’s dad was paralyzed in a car accident when she was 12 years old and after seeing it’s possible to live well with a disability, she dedicated her life to making it possible for others.

A 2008 Harvard University graduate, Brittany has worked with disability communities in five countries, giving her a sense of the common challenges faced globally. She specializes in building allies for people with disabilities by debunking misconceptions associated with disability to foster a more inclusive society. She is a 2014 Echoing Green Global Fellow, a 2017 Global Good Fund Fellow and was named on SE Enablers Top 100 Social Entrepreneurs.

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