Diagnosed with severe hearing loss at the age of three, KR has spent over two decades of her career being a strong advocate amplifying the voices of the disability and LGBTQ community. KR is a nationally awarded advocate in accessibility marketing, policy and inclusive design. She’s been awarded a U.S. Congressional award; 2019 Future Women’s Leader by Yahoo Finance, Silicon Valley’s Top 40 Under 40 and 2017 Women of Influence for her work in disability inclusion. As the Head of Brand Accessibility at Google’s Brand Studio, her role is to help bring a disability lens to the marketing of the products we make and the stories we tell so that everyone sees themselves.
Opening Doors For The Disabled Community With KR Liu
Join Change Catalyst Founder & CEO Melinda Briana Epler with KR Liu, Head of Brand Accessibility at Google in conversation about how we can make the working environment more inclusive for people with disabilities.
We talked about KR Liu’s incredible journey to becoming an advocate, based on her own story of struggling in the workplace with dealing with hearing loss.
We learned:
- The importance of speaking up and making the disabled community part of every department in a company.
- The dramatic statistic with regards to the representation of the disabled community in the workplace and even more for the Black disabled community
- The simple actions you can put in place to help to make this community more visible. 1 in 4 people experience disability at some points including permanent, temporary or situational.
Learn more about KR Liu www.krliu.com/
Additional Resources
- “Crip Camp” on Netflix:
- Andrea LaVant’s conversation on CripCamp and ADA30 with former President Barack Obama
- “Being Heumann” by Jennifer Heumann
- “Disability Visibility Project” by Alice Wong
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