What We Do

Our Mission

Our goals are two-fold: to empower and educate. We will empower individuals with disabilities by providing resources, spreading awareness, and giving them a platform to share their unique voices. We will educate members in the Arab American community and beyond about the struggles and successes of individuals with disabilities. 

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We work to accomplish our mission through the power of research and community efforts. By using research as the main method of advocacy, we hope to disseminate evidence-based data to our community and familiarize others with the prevalence of disabilities and how individuals with disabilities are often underserved.

​Alongside our ongoing research, we produce the Discovering Disabilities in Dearborn podcast, with episodes released monthly to highlight the voices of Arab Americans with disabilities and their advocates. This podcast is meant to share the stories, experiences, and lives of those with disabilities to provide another means of raising awareness about disabilities in the Arab American community.

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Through our work, we hope to build on our community's foundation. We will refine and implement novel systems to aid individuals with disabilities. Our ultimate goal is to work alongside our community and develop sustained efforts aimed at serving the disability community.