Global Disability Summit 2025

2–3 Apr 2025 | Berlin, Germany

Fernanda Santana

Disability Activist / Technical Director

ABRAÇA - Brazilian Association for Action on the Rights of Autistic People

Curitiba, Brazil

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Autistic woman, from the Brazilian Association for Action on the Rights of Autistic People and the RIADIS' Latin American Observatory on Disability

My organisation

The Brazilian Association for Action for the Rights of Autistic People (Associação Brasileira para Ação pelos Direitos das Pessoas Autistas) is an autistic-led national DPO. It was created in 2008, to be a human rights based organization, aligned with the UN CDPD. Brings together autistic people and allies committed to acting for inclusion, deinstitutionalization, strengthening family ties, respect for diversity and against abusive and exclusionary practices that affect the lives of autistic people and their families. For us, participation and interssecionality are key.
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About me

Interests

  • disability
  • Inclusive Education
  • Work and Employment
  • Sexual and Reproductive Rights
  • Neurodiversity
  • Mental Health
  • Autism
  • Accessibility
  • justice
  • Interseccionality
  • Psychosocial Disabilities

Speaker sessions (1)

Wednesday, 2 April 2025