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Liz Travis Allen

Pandemic Perspectives: Bubbles Are Easy To Pop

I had a cough, sore throat, low grade fever, and was short of breath. I was sure I had COVID.

Jun 13, 2020

Pandemic Perspectives: Bubbles Are Easy To Pop

Jun 13, 2020

Pandemic Perspectives: Enjoying Quarantine

I feel guilty about this, but the first month of shelter-in-place has been one of the most joyful months of my life. I know people are in…

May 14, 2020

Pandemic Perspectives: Enjoying Quarantine

May 14, 2020

Pandemic Perspectives: Going in and Out of Quarantine

This story originally appeared on NPR (KQED San Francisco) on May 5, 2020.

May 14, 2020

Pandemic Perspectives: Going in and Out of Quarantine

May 14, 2020

Having an Accommodations Conversation with an Employee? Read this First.

Sam has regularly been missing his morning status meeting with the team. He has started avoiding eye contact with you. He hasn’t been his…

Jan 14, 2020

Having an Accommodations Conversation with an Employee? Read this First.

Jan 14, 2020

Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities!

People with invisible disabilities should be included in todays celebration.

Dec 3, 2019

Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities!

Dec 3, 2019

Designing for Disability is Good for Business (Part I)

What if I told you that your disabled employees are your company’s secret weapon?

Oct 30, 2019

A black box full of seed sprouts and a white hand is digging in the soil

Oct 30, 2019

Build an Inclusive and Accessible for Those With Disabilities… and Everyone Else, Too (Part II).

*You may want to read Designing for Disability Is Good for Business (Part 1) first

Oct 30, 2019

Office with 4 people sitting around a table looking at 1 person up at a board putting multicolored sticky notes in groups.

Oct 30, 2019

A Pocket Guide for Requesting Accommodations at Work

“But you don’t LOOK sick!”

Feb 3, 2019

A Pocket Guide for Requesting Accommodations at Work

Feb 3, 2019

Workplace 4.0: Accommodating the Immunodiverse

Did you know that 133 million working Americans have a silent second job? These people are never sure when they’ll be called in for their…

Jan 6, 2019

Workplace 4.0: Accommodating the Immunodiverse

Jan 6, 2019

Introducing Immunodiversity

Imagine with me, for a moment, that ten percent of the people you know are on a top-secret quest on behalf of humanity. When they receive…

Jan 6, 2019

Introducing Immunodiversity

Jan 6, 2019

Liz Travis Allen

Liz Travis Allen

Storyteller, speaker, lawyer, disabilities rights activist. Catch me over at liztravisallen.com or at the invisiblestoriesproject.com. She/her.

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