Ashley Harris Whaley directs adult programs and research at the Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Ashley has a lifetime of lived experience as a disabled woman with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is a board-certified Speech-Language Pathologist.
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Ashley holds a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Western Carolina University. Ashley is a freelance writer, established public speaker, and online educator. She is the founder of Disability Reframed, a collaborative online learning community that works to dismantle antiquated attitudes toward disability and rebuild them by changing perspectives through education and conversation.

Her research interests include knowledge translation, accessible technology, sexual, reproductive and maternal healthcare for women with disabilities, as well as lifespan care for cerebral palsy. Her writing has appeared in Refinery29 and TripAdvisor, and her debut children's book was published in May 2023