2014 Leadership in Advocacy Award

November 18, 2014

AUCD Executive Director Andy Imparato, Award recipient Ken Capone and AUCD Board President Leslie Cohen

The Leadership in Advocacy Award is presented to an individual or family member who has exhibited exceptional leadership and self-advocacy skills in the area of developmental disabilities.

Ken Capone
Kennedy Krieger Institute

In Appreciation of Your Advocacy, Leadership, and Service

“Ken has developed as a self-advocate, moving from a person without much formal training in self-advocacy to a nationally recognized leader in self-advocacy. He now serves on the President’s Committee for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and travels extensively speaking about his life and self-advocacy. He is a moving and motivational teacher and mentor, and has worked with legislators, judges, families, professionals, and many others to advance the purposes of self-advocacy. Ken changes lives and has moved many people as selfadvocates toward greater independence and self-determination."