Emily Cowen
Amplify speaker profile
Areas of expertise: Disability advocacy, creating an online business, patient advocacy, educating medical professionals about disability etiquette, and psychology.
Bio: Emily is from Bloomfield, Connecticut. She has physical disability called athetoid quadriplegic cerebral palsy. She is a member of multiple advocacy groups that advocate for disabled people, which are Camden Coalition, YASA (Youth as Self-advocates), Youth Steering Committee, and Connecticut Council for Developmental Disabilities. Emily graduated from Sacred Heart University in December 2022 with her bachelors degree in psychology, and she hopes to become a therapist in the future. Emily is also a business owner of Em’s Disability Advocacy Consulting Services LLC. When she’s not busy with her work, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, listening to music, and watching Netflix.
Experience:
- Connecticut Council for Developmental Disabilities, 2024-present
- ECHO Healthcare Transition Team, 2024-present
- Family Voices Youth Engagement Workshop, 2023-present
- National Caregiver Coalition, 2023-2024
- Camden Coalition National Consumer Scholar, 2023-2024
- Youth Steering Committee, 2022-present
- YASA- Youth as Self Advocates, 2020-present