“I teared up listening to you.”
Amy Walker
In 1979, Amy Walker got impatient to see the world and was born three months early. Weighing only 3 pounds, 3 ounces at birth, she almost didn't make it. She's thriving now! Born with cerebral palsy, she has always wanted to be defined by her talents and abilities. You can give her that chance and see what she has to offer the world!
Amy Believes
People’s beliefs and dreams matter more than their limitations or lack of experience.
If you don’t give people chances to make choices, then they’ll never grow.
Everyone is equal, and that goes for how they should be treated.
Current Projects
Disability History and Awareness Legislation for Illinois schools
Illinois Voices Self-Advocacy Initiative
Freedom Ride 2009
Systems Change DVD
Illinois Imagines - Stopping Sexual Violence Against Women with Disabilities
Board Member, Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities
2007-2014: A System Odyssey, a PowerPoint presentation
Presentation Topics
NEW! Including Persons with Disabilities as Volunteers in Your Organization
Illinois Voices—a full-day workshop and agency planning day about self-advocacy
The Force of Change Is With Us—a one-day workshop about leadership for self-advocates
I Dream Too! and I Can Teach I Dream Too!—a one or two-day workshop about leading one's own annual meeting
People, Power, Passion, Possibilities
W-E-L-C-O-M-E: Creating a Welcoming Environment for People with Disabilities
Speaking in Front of Groups—a one-day workshop about leadership for self-advocates
Favorite topics: Leadership, self-advocacy, dreams and goals, empowerment, governmental systems change, creativity, and thinking outside the box
Other Speakers
Shirley Paceley, M.S.
Karen Randolph
Krescene Beck
Lisa Cesal
