About

Lauren Lange

Lauren Lange is the Interim Academic Support Coordinator at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD). They are completing a practicum at MCAD as a requirement for the graduate certificate program in Disability Services in Higher Education at Suffolk University. Lange recently earned a Master's in Public Administration from Suffolk. As a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Fellow, Lange had the opportunity to build theoretical connections between her experiences as a direct support professional in home care setting and a policy analyst for the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). Lange enjoys painting and baking. They believe artistic expression is an important ingredient for wellness and social/political participation. 

Poem by Jennifer Bartlett

to be crippled means to have window
into the insanity of the able-bodied

to be crippled means to
see the world slowly and manically

to translate
to record
to adapt

to be crippled means to have
access to people’s fear

of their own eroding

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