General Information

Name

Susan

Last Name

Fitzmaurice

Nickname

susan-fitzmaurice

Background

Organization

Lead On!

Professional Title

Founder

Bio and Background

Lifelong disability advocate, with degrees in philosophy, special education, rehabilitation counseling, and disability studies. Have traveled in and lived in over 20 places. Have worked as a nanny, public & private school teacher, bookstore owner, city ADA Coordinator, Access specialist for a nonprofit,  and more. I am multiply disabled, as is my son.  I have low vision, am deaf,  have a spinal cord injury, and have lived bed-based the last four years. My son has Down syndrome and DID.

Why I am a Force for Health® Member...

My life has been in service to others. It is what makes me happy and makes my life worth living.

My inspiration

I was inspired beginning as a young girl, by Helen Keller, Jane Adams, Susan B. Anthony Dorothea Dix, and my grandmother. These were women, who against all odds, made a difference in the lives of others.

Location

Online, everywherewe can help you feel pride in yourself and your people.

What would you like people to know about your community?

Others may think we are limited by our bodies, but we are only limited by our imagination and the barriers other create.