Josie Badger

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Josie Badger
NationalityAmerican
Education
  • Geneva College (Disability Law and Advocacy)
  • University of Pittsburgh (Rehabilitation Counseling)
  • Duquesne University (Doctorate in Healthcare Ethics)
Occupations
  • Disability Rights Advocate
  • Co-director at the RAISE Center
  • Youth Director at The Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership Center
Employers
  • RAISE Center
  • The Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership Center
Known for
  • Advocacy for Disability Rights
  • Ms. Wheelchair America 2011
  • Co-founding Pennsylvania Youth Leadership Network
Awards
  • Athena Young Professional Award (2015)
  • Ms. Wheelchair America (2011)

Josie Badger is the co-director at the national RAISE Center. [1] She is active and engaged in the Pittsburgh disability rights community. [2]

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Education

Badger co-founded a community service club at age 12 to train service dogs for those with disabilities. [3] [4] Badger earned her degree in Disability Law and Advocacy from Geneva College in 2007. [5] [6] [2] She received her graduate degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh and later earned her doctorate in Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University in 2014. [7] Badger is one of eight people in the world born with a rare form of the genetic disorder muscular dystrophy. [8]

Career

Badger worked on Launching Into Adulthood: An Integrated Response to Support Transition of Youth With Chronic Health Conditions and Disabilities, a project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She co-founded the Pennsylvania Youth Leadership Network and the Children's Hospital Advisory Network for Guidance and Empowerment, serving as president and vice-president, and also was served as president and vice president of the National Youth Leadership Network. [7] [9] [10] She has been recognized as an advocate on behalf of those with disabilities. [11] [12]

Badger is the Youth Director at The Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership Center and co-director of the national Rehabilitation Services Administration Parent Training and Information Center technical assistance center. She is the author of the TedxPittsburgh talk "Exceptional by Choice". [7] She filed a suit against Preit Associates, LP for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act on January 3, 2017. [13]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Josie Badger – PEAL Center". pealcenter.org. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  2. 1 2 Duquesne University (2014-03-20). "Overcoming the Odds". Adventures on the Bluff!. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  3. ↑ Jackson, AL (2017). Glamour et. al. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 747. ISBN   978-1973722366.
  4. ↑ Educational law and legislation (2003). Information Legislative Service, Volume 41, Issues 1-16. Pennsylvania School Boards Association. p. 291.
  5. ↑ University of Pittsburgh. "Josie Badger, PhD". www.lend.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  6. ↑ "Advocates push back against wage limits under disability". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Josie Badger". www.duq.edu. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "RAISE Center Staff". 9 November 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  9. ↑ The school counselor's guide to helping students with disabilities. Marshak, Laura E. (1st ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2010. ISBN   9780470175798. OCLC   401168824.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ↑ Cato, Jason (October 15, 2012). "City Serves as Main Course for One Young World". Highbeam. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  11. ↑ Smydo, Joe (November 1, 2013). "Activists for Those with Intellectual Disabilities to Be Lauded". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  12. ↑ Ma, Annie (May 5, 2015). "Advocates Push for More Progress Young Adults with Disabilities Say Ada Made Difference in Their Lives". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  13. ↑ Josie Badger vs Preit Associates, LP, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Filed January 3, 2017. Document 19, Case 2:16-cv-01431-MRH-RCM, https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-pawd-2_16-cv-01431/pdf/USCOURTS-pawd-2_16-cv-01431-0.pdf
  14. ↑ "Pittsburgher Josie Badger is Ms. Wheelchair America". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  15. ↑ Rearick, Lauren. "The sky is the limit for Josie Badger". Ellwood City Ledger. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  16. ↑ Benz, Kate (September 3, 2012). "Living, Independently". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Highbeam. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
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