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    Lauren Appelbaum

    VP of Communications, RespectAbility

    San Francisco

    Lauren Appelbaum is the VP, Communications and Entertainment & News Media, of the disability nonprofit RespectAbility. As an individual with an acquired nonvisible disability — Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy — she works at the intersection of disability, employment, entertainment media, and politics. From entertainment professionals to presidential campaigns, journalists to philanthropists, she conducts trainings on the why and how to be more inclusive and accessible to ensure the full inclusion of the 61 million people in America with disabilities. Previously, she was a digital researcher with the NBC News political unit during the 2006 midterm and 2008 presidential election cycles.

    She is the author of The Hollywood Disability Inclusion Toolkit and the creator of an innovative Lab Program for entertainment professionals with disabilities working in development, production and post-production. She is a recipient of the 2020 Roddenberry Foundation Impact Award for this Lab.

    Appelbaum is a sought-after expert and has been quoted by many national publications including Associated Press, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, IndieWire, The New York Times, Reuters, USA Today, Variety and The Washington Post.

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