Liz Jackson is the founder of The Disabled List, a design organization that engages in disability as a creative practice. She is a curator at Critical Axis, a community driven project that collects and analyzes disability representation in media. As a perpetual outsider, Jackson has consulted on disability strategy while maintaining a critical distance from such behemoths as Google, The New York Times, Twitter, Volkswagen, failed political campaigns and more.

Despite struggling as a student, Jackson co-taught for the first time in the fall of 2020 at the School of Visual Arts and is now invested in building a curriculum that she would have thrived in. She has spoken everywhere from the (Obama) White House to the Sydney Opera House. And while she continues to receive countless requests to speak, most venues where she has spoken would never invite her back. This is her greatest source of pride. You can learn more about Jackson at her personal website, The Girl with the Purple Cane.

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