The struggles of COVID19 have been acute for those with disabilities, those without housing, and those without secure social support and economic stability. The needs today reinforce the need for affordable, accessible, supportive inclusive housing. You can’t shelter in place if you don’t have access to shelter.
Myra lives in San Jose and is a member of The Kelsey Ayer Station Community Advisory Group. She is currently on a housing waitlist, and has shared with us her story.
Alycia is a parent in San Francisco who participated in early focus groups with The Kelsey on the need for inclusive housing. She took time to share how housing impacts the life of her son Kevin.
Be Clear and Caroline have been a long-time supporter of our work at The Kelsey, attending some of our early workshops as part of Together We Can Do More. As a Policy Communications Consultant, the team at Be Clear has researched and supported us in refining key messaging around our advocacy for a dedicated public funding source, in the state of California, for inclusive housing for adults with disabilities.
The Kelsey co-founder, Micaela Connery, speaks to the San Francisco Chronicle about Disability-forward housing.
Isaac Haney-Owens discusses his experience finding disability-forward housing in San Francisco.
20 years after the Supreme Court held in Olmstead that the segregation of people with disabilities is discrimination, we can point to progress and success—but there is still work to be done and conversations to be had.
Join The Kelsey, The Silicon Valley Independent Living Center, and disability rights leaders as discuss what’s working, what’s needed, and how each of us can promote inclusion where at home, work, and play.
Join The Kelsey, The Silicon Valley Independent Living Center, and disability rights leaders as discuss what’s working, what’s needed, and how each of us can promote inclusion where at home, work, and play.
Shannon Des Roches Rosa has been writing about autism and parenting since 2003. She’s the co-founder of Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism and the editor of the book by the same name.