[News from Diversability] Nominate a disabled leader for the 6th annual D-30 Disability Impact List

Nominate a disabled leader for our 6th annual D-30 Disability Impact List through May 19, 2025.

Newsletter contents:

1. Nominations are now open for the 6th annual D-30 Disability Impact List through May 19, 2025.

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

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

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

   1. Erin Tatum has joined the Diversability team as our Diversability Leadership Collective Community Manager!

   2. The latest on our blog: interviews with Jessica Slice, Rev. Dr. Xenia Barnes, and Jayne Mattingly.

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Nominations are now open 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.

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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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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. Member spotlight: Meet Alyssa Brown.

2. Nicole Demos wrote a review of Paul Rousseau’s Friendly Fire: A Fractured Memoir. #DLCwin

3. Saran Tugsjargal has been selected for the Youth Policy Accelerator (YPA) at Mental Health America.

4. Jodi Hausen wrote about volunteering with the Special Olympics Montana area winter games.

5. Watch Nico Meyering’s True Disabled Story series on YouTube, chronicling disabled narratives.

6. Jennifer Gasner will be signing copies of her book at the LA Times Festival of Books (free to attend!).

7. Tiffany Yu’s The Anti-Ableist Manifesto was selected as the Disability Readathon Official Group Read.

Recent opportunities curated for DLC members:

1. Apply to give a TEDx talk.

2. Receive up to $50,000 for your creative project.

3. Present at a conference in NYC.

4. Get your art featured in an exhibit.

5. Earn $40 for a parent study.