[News from Diversability] May 28: virtual event on navigating business finances

We're opening up one of our Diversability Leadership Collective (DLC) events to our broader community: Navigating Business Finances

Newsletter contents:

1. [Virtual] Join us at our workshop on managing financial decisions when you’re neurodivergent on Wednesday, May 28: Navigating Business Finances with Aneisha Velazquez

2. Nominate a disabled leader for the 6th annual D-30 Disability Impact List (deadline: May 19, 2025).

3. Updates from the Diversability® Leadership Collective (DLC)

4. Other things we wanted to include in this newsletter:

   1. Join us in New York City on Wednesday, May 14 for a book talk & signing for The Anti-Ableist Manifesto, presented by Yu & Me Books (author Tiffany Yu in conversation with Nitika Chopra).

   2. Get paid $120/hour for research studies/surveys with Rare Patient Voice.

   3. Get your “Disability is not a bad word” merch and more!

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We are excited to open up one of our Diversability Leadership Collective (our members-only space to advance disability leadership, advocacy, and influence) events to the public. All events are free for DLC members to attend.

{Virtual} Wednesday, May 28: Navigating Business Finances with Aneisha Velazquez

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Hey entrepreneurs with uniquely-wired brains! If you've tried organizing your business finances before and it just didn't stick, you're not alone. The usual way bookkeeping is explained just doesn’t work for many of us. That’s what this Financial Brain Dump season is for - like “body-doubling” for bookkeeping.

About Aneisha Velazquez: Aneisha Velazquez is the founder of Yellow Sky Business Services, where she translates financial jargon into plain language for neurodivergent entrepreneurs. After discovering her own autism diagnosis following burnout, she now combines her background as a sign language interpreter with her systems-building skills to help differently-wired business owners decode their numbers without overwhelm. Aneisha's mission is to bridge communication barriers and transform financial confusion into clarity that empowers confident decision-making.

1. When: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 2:00PM ET / 11:00AM PT

2. Where: A Zoom link will be emailed to you 15 mins before the event begins.

   This event will also be recorded and the recording will be shared with registered attendees after the event.

3. Tickets: FREE for Diversability Leadership Collective members, sliding scale tickets for non-members

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Three weeks left to nominate a disabled leader for the 2025 D-30 Disability Impact List (deadline May 19, 2025)

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Nominations are now open for our fifth annual D-30 Disability Impact List, the global list honoring 30 disabled leaders in the community who are making a difference!

Anyone who identifies as disabled (including chronic illnesses and mental health conditions) is eligible to be nominated, and nominators do not need to identify as disabled. To celebrate the spirit of community and interdependence, self-nominations are not accepted.

Nominations close on Monday, May 19, 2025.

Nominate a disabled leader at http://mydiversability.com/d30.

Help us share the call for nominations by amplifying these posts on Substack, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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Updates from the Diversability Leadership Collective (DLC)

Since launching in 2021, our members have made over $37k in opportunities shared through the DLC!

The Diversability® Leadership Collective (DLC) is our members-only space to advance disability leadership, influence, and advocacy. Join over 170+ members for curated paid & visibility opportunities, members-only events, and community.

Our Facebook Group (7,300+ members) will continue to be a free, loosely moderated space for peer support, resources, and community.

Member Updates:

1. Nico Meyering seeks participants for his Our Disabled Future video interview series.

2. Jennifer Chassman Browne is looking for participants for a book profiling disabled people, Living Our Disabled Lives.

3. Megan Moodie spoke on a panel, “Disability in Medicine and Memoir.” Note that the anecdote about “Crip Camp” refers to educator and activist Denise Jacobson.

4. Check out Danielle Connolly’s latest video on getting asked invasive questions.

5. Arielle Dance hosted a book signing at Barnes & Noble over the weekend.

6. New website launches: Amber Brown with Amethyst Compass and Arwyn Swanger with Soulfire Alchemy Network.

Recent opportunities curated for DLC members:

1. Get paid for a virtual disability inclusion training.

2. Speak at a virtual weeklong celebration of inclusion and allyship.

3. Get paid to learn audio description.

4. Get your art featured in an 80k+ creative community.

5. Free ticket for a conference on building neuro-affirming communities ($175 value).