Marya Patrice Sherron

Lifting Up Inclusion — Why Disability Employment Matters More Than Ever (And Why We Can’t Be Distracted by Misinformation)

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month — a time to celebrate the talents, aspirations, and dignity of people with disabilities in the workforce. Across Indiana, individuals with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and other challenges are ready, eager, and highly capable of meaningful work — if we as a society continue to clear away…

Holding On Through the Changes: What Indiana’s Medicaid Shifts Mean for Families

On July 2, an Indiana mother opened the letter she had dreaded. Medicaid had denied the waiver services her son depended on for nursing care. Her choices were unthinkable: quit her job to provide care full-time or risk her child’s health without the support they’d been promised. This is what “policy change” looks like—not in…

Why Every Leader Needs to Listen: The Power of Questions and the Courage to Understand

The whiteboard squeaked beneath my marker: “What makes a great leader?” The answers came quickly—bold, confident, brave, honest, funny. Year after year, classroom after classroom, the words changed—but the pattern stayed the same. The one word I believed mattered most—listening—never made the board. Why is that? We often define leadership by volume. Big voices. Big…

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