Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards
Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards | |
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Awarded for | "To recognize exemplary leaders within the global disability community and their extraordinary societal contributions" |
Country | United States |
Presented by | The Viscardi center |
First awarded | 2013 |
Website |
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The Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards were established as a mark of respect to honor the contributions of the founder of the Viscardi center -Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr., a leading disability rights advocate who wore prosthetic limbs. These international Awards, first conferred in 2013, recognize exemplary leaders in the disability sector around the globe who have had a profound impact on changing the lives of people with disabilities and champion their rights.[1] Considered as most prestigious, these global awards honour champions of disability activism.
List of awardees
Year | Awardee | Country |
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2017[2] | ||
Gregory D. Gadson - U.S. Army Veteran, Patriot Strategies, VA | ||
Dr Satendra Singh – Disability Rights Activist, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi | ||
Justin Constantine- Inspirational speaker, Constantine Group, New York | ||
Yuval Wagner – founder Access Israel | ||
Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu- Deputy Minister, Department of Social Development | ||
Matt King – Facebook, CA | ||
Vashkar Bhattachearjee – Young Power in Social Action | ||
Thomas J. Wlodkowski – ComCast, PA | ||
Asim Zafar – Saaya Association | ||
2016 | ||
Jim Mayer - U.S. Army/Vietnam Veteran (ret.), Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC | ||
Hiroyasu Itoh - Chairman, Japan Abilities, Tokyo[3] | ||
Dr.Louise Sinden-Carroll - International Federation of Hard of Hearing People, Auckland | ||
Juan Pablo Salazar Salamanca, President, National Council on Disability and Presidential Advisor, Bogotá | ||
PJ Edington - IBM Government & Regulatory Affairs Executive, Washington, D.C. | ||
Dave McGill - VP, Reimbursement & Compliance, Ossur, Centerport, NY | ||
Saima Aslam - National Forum of Women with Disabilities | ||
Senarath Attanayake, Uva Provincial Council, Colombo[4] | ||
Peggy Chenoweth, Author/Advocate/Blogger, Gainesville, Virginia | ||
Curtis Pride, former Major League Baseball player, MLB’s Ambassador for Disability Inclusion, New York City | ||
2015 | ||
Jim Gibbons President & CEO, Goodwill Industries International | ||
Mark Johnson Chair, ADA Legacy Project and Director of Advocacy at Shepherd Center | ||
Mark Wafer President, Megleen, operating as Tim Hortons | ||
David Krupa CEO, The Range of Motion Project | ||
Ed Lucas – Founder, The Ed Lucas Foundation; Sports Journalist | ||
Winfred G. Mugure– University of Nairobi | ||
Toby Olson – Executive Secretary to the Governor’s Committee on Disability Issues and Employment for the State of Washington | ||
Lonnie C. Moore – U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command | ||
Marilyn E. Saviola – Senior Vice President for Advocacy and the Women’s Health Program | ||
2014 | ||
Marlee Matlin – Academy Award & Golden Globe Award-winning Actress | ||
Yevgeniy Tetyukhin – Professor at the Petropavlovsk North Kazakhstan State University | ||
Jim Abbott – Former MLB Pitcher & Gold Medal Olympian[5] | ||
Maryanne Diamond – General Manager Advocacy and Engagement at Vision Australia[6] | ||
Marca Bristo – President & CEO of Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago[7] | ||
Ron McCallum – Emeritus Professor at The University of Sydney[8] | ||
Rory Cooper – Distinguished Professor at the University of Pittsburgh[9] | ||
Neil Jacobson – Founder & CEO of Abilicorp | ||
Arlene Mayerson – Attorney at the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund | ||
Thomas Porter – Volunteer at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | ||
Susan Sygall – Co-founder & CEO of Mobility International USA (MIUSA) | ||
Mary Verdi-Fletcher – President & Founding Artistic Director of Dancing Wheels | ||
2013 | ||
Laurie Ahern – President, Disability Rights International | ||
Tony Coelho – Primary Sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | ||
Rosangela Berman Bieler – Senior Advisor on Children with Disabilities, UNICEF | ||
Michael Ashley Stein – Executive Director, Harvard Law School Project on Disability | ||
Kathleen Martinez – Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor | ||
Patrick D. Rummerfield – Community Liaison, International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Kennedy-Krieger Institute | ||
Yoav Kraiem – Chairman, National Council for Community Relations – Mental Health | ||
Lex Frieden – Director, Independent Living Research Utilization program at TIRR Memorial Hermann | ||
U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin – Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District | ||
References
- ↑ "Nominations open for Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards". The Island Now. 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards recipients". Viscardi Center. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ "2016 Henry Viscardi Achievement Award Recipients". The Viscardi Center. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ↑ "Tribute to Mr. Senarath Attanayake". Centre for Monitoring Election Violence. 2016.
- ↑ "Viscardi Achievement Awards Announced". ADA Legacy. 2014.
- ↑ "Two Australians Win Major US Award". Third Watch. 2014.
- ↑ "Marca Bristo selected for 2014 Henry Viscardi Achievement Award Honoree". Access Living. 2014.
- ↑ "Two Australian leaders who are blind recognised with international Award". Vision Australia. 2014.
- ↑ "Cooper Receives Viscardi Award". University of Pittsburgh. 2014.
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