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A glimpse into how I show up—on camera, on stage, and in culture.

Where I’ve been
unapologetically taking up space

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Book

Events

Articles

Interviews

Podcasts

Wake Up America

On Disability and the American Dream

Drawing from her own life, Andraéa exposes how disability and intersecting systems of oppression undermine the foundation of a truly inclusive democracy.

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Cover of Wake Up America: Black Women on the Future of Democracy, edited by Keisha N. Blain, co-editor of Four Hundred Souls. Beige background with bold red and black text in large and typewriter-style fonts.
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Speaking events

Be on the Right Side of History

The Hollywood Reporter – Raising Our Voices 2023

Adaptive and Inclusive Fashion

Hilarity for Charity – CareCon 2024

The Climate Reality: Rescripting Unscripted TV

Hollywood Climate Summit

Adding the A: Implementing Accessibility

BRIC Foundation

Disability Justice and Filmmaking (Moderator)

BlackStar Film Festival 2022

The Future of Fashion Inclusion Shoes Edition

Can Impact Go Virtual + How? | Beyond Resilience

Firelight Media

The State of Disability Organizing

Organizers Forum

Essence Magazine

My Win as the First Disabled Black Woman on the Oscars Red Carpet

Andraéa reflects on her history-making moment and her role in the Academy-nominated documentary advancing accessibility and authentic disability representation.

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Andraéa LaVant sits confidently in her wheelchair on a red carpet, smiling in a pastel iridescent sequin gown and jeweled sandals. Her hair is sleek and shoulder-length, and she wears bold cat-eye glasses and statement earrings. Beside her sits Goji, her yellow Labrador service dog, adorned with lavender tulle accessories on her front paws.
Original image by Jamie Terry
Articles by Andraéa

My Win as the First Disabled Black Woman on the Oscars Red Carpet

Essence Magazine

The Defense of Black Lives Must Include Disability Justice

The Root

Andraéa LaVant on Getting the Word Out About Critically-Acclaimed Documentary ‘Crip Camp’

Ad Age

Andraéa LaVant Went From Hiding Her Disability to Proudly Taking up Space

Women’s Health Magazine

Why I Live Authentically as a Black Disabled Woman

Easterseals

Articles about Andraéa

Andraéa LaVant is an inclusion Consultant with Style

Paper Magazine

See Barack Obama’s Surprise Visit to ‘Crip Camp’ Virtual Workshop

Rolling Stone

Meet the Black woman advocating for greater disability visibility

NBC News

Break the Story Volume IV: Disability Visibility; Alice Wong interviews Andraéa LaVant

Pop Culture Collaborative

When the World Shut Down, They Saw it Open

The New York Times

Good Morning America

‘Crip Camp’ Producer on Social Impact, Working with the Obamas

Andraéa talks about the importance of representation, recognizing disability as a social justice issue, and what the President’s support meant to the community.

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Courtesy of YouTube / Good Morning America

The Washington Post Live

Disability in America

Andraéa joins fellow leaders for a thoughtful discussion on representation in storytelling and disability activism 30 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Light blue textured background with bold black text reading “Disability in America.” Across the top: “The Washington Post LIVE.” Below the title are three headshots of featured speakers: a light-skinned person with wavy brown hair and red lipstick wearing red (Jen Deerinwater); a dark-skinned Black woman smiling in floral print with oversized blue glasses (Andraéa LaVant); and a light-skinned Black woman with long curly hair wearing glasses and a patterned blouse (Reyma McCoy McDeid). Beneath each image is their name, title, and affiliation. Event time reads: “Tuesday, July 13 at 2:30pm Washington, D.C. / 7:30pm London.” Logos for The Ford Foundation and The Washington Post appear at the bottom.
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Interviews and discussions

Andraéa LaVant talks Fashion and the ADA

The Heumann Perspective

NM Live with Andraéa LaVant

The New Mobility Live

Truth’s Table

We Gon’ Learn
Today: Disability in
the Church

Andraéa talks about the issue of ableism and how churches can better support their disabled siblings through inclusion, accessibility, and authentic representation.

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Illustration of two Black women standing back to back, each holding a steaming coffee mug. One has burgundy chin-length locs and wears pink; the other has sandy brown shoulder-length locs and wears green. “Truth’s Table” appears in gold script over a colorful leaf-patterned background.
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Podcast episodes

Welcome National Disability Influencer, Andraéa LaVant

Pushing Forward with Alycia

Claiming Identity as Self-Care — feat. Andraéa LaVant

Off-Kilter Podcast

Crippling Culture with Andraéa LaVant

Down to the Struts Podcast

How to Embrace Diversity and Include People Better with Andraéa LaVant

The Good Space with Francesca Phillips

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Andraéa LaVant, a pecan-brown Black woman with dark brown mermaid braids, smiles wide as she leans all the way back in her power chair, looking up at the camera. Seen from above, knee-up, she wears black cat-eye glasses, a black chiffon dress, and a red and blue jacquard capelet, with bold jewelry and glossy red lips.