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Liz Weintraub, AUCD's Senior Advocacy Specialist, hosts Tuesdays with Liz.

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Image of Liz Weintraub, a white woman with short, black hair and glasses. Liz sits in a court room advocating.

Liz Weintraub is the host of "Tuesdays with Liz: Disability Policy for All," as well as AUCD’s Senior Advocacy Specialist.

Liz has extensive experience practicing leadership in self advocacy and has held many board and advisory positions at state and national organizations, including the Council on Quality & Leadership (CQL) and the Maryland Development Disabilities Council.

In 2018, Liz served as a Fellow for Senator Casey of Pennsylvania where she helped the Senator lead work on disability policy. During the same year, Liz testified about her personal experiences as a woman with disabilities before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the potential implications of a Kavanaugh confirmation to the civil rights of people with disabilities.

Liz has received a number of awards, recognition, and commendations for her work. Liz enjoys mentoring people with disabilities.

Tuesdays with Liz: Research for All

The new four episode series releases April and May 2024.

In each episode, Liz interviews a disability data specialist from different AUCD Network Centers:

Andrew Houtenville, PhD, on the Disability Statistics and Demographics rehabilitation Research and Training Center (StatsRRTC) (University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability)
John Butterworth. PhD, and Jean Winsor, PhD, on StateData.info (University of Massachusetts-Boston, Institute for Community Inclusion)
Shea Tanis, PhD, FAAIDD, on State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (The University of Kansas, Life Span Institute)
Sherri Larson, PhD, on the Residential Information Systems Project (RISP) (University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration).