Full Name
Divya Goel
Position/Title
DeafBlind Citizens in Action President
Organization/Company
Individual
Speaker Bio
Divya Goel joined DeafBlind Citien in Action since summer 2009, when I had the opportunity to meet with President Obama as a part of a DeafBlind leadership program, I have increased my passion for empowering other individuals who are deafblind and their families to engage in effective advocacy. As a elected Vice President of DeafBlind Citizens in Action, Divya and her official team focused on the transportations rights in the United States of America. We were invited to attended to Portland International Airport, Amtrak train, and Tri-bus in Portland, Oregon in 2019. Divya participated to Mobility Matter to related on the public transportation right for people with disabilities. Later on the same year, Divya went to travel to Uganda, Africa with a group of women to attend to Helen Keller World Conference. While there, our team connected with the Perkins International Director to visit two schools for the Deaf in Uganda, one urban and one rural. Our visits to schools focused on encouraging local educators who were working to establish educational programming for children who are deafblind. By partnering with advocates from across Africa and the world, I know that we supported others in their efforts to create change and reduce DeafBlind isolation. Divya has travelled to India and Nepal in early April 2023 to helping to educating and advocating actions for the families of DeafBlind, accessibility consultants, our focus will be on the accessibilities for social media, Bollywood industries, etc. In Nepal, we will be more focusing on education action, young Deafblind leadership programs, some different organizations to help improves system.
Divya Goel