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Suzanne Robitaille

Founder, editor, freelancer, author, speaker, corporate communications at

Bio:

Suzanne is a writer, author and blogger who has real experience with a disability. She lost her hearing at age four and grew up profoundly deaf. In 2002 she received a cochlear implant, which she credits as “the ultimate assistive technology.”

Suzanne was the former assistive technology columnist for BusinessWeek.com, giving rise to her fascination with technology that helps people with disabilities surmount barriers in the workplace and life space.

She is a trusted source of disability information for The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek.com, Media Post, Ability magazine, HealthDay, Disaboom and other publications and she serves on the advisory board of the National Center on Disability and Journalism. She is also the author of a new book, The Illustrated Guide to Assistive Technology.

Suzanne holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from the Medill School of Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She resides in Greenwich, Conn.

Expertise:

Suzanne is a writer, author and blogger on disability issues ranging from health care and politics to education and technology. She can both advise journalists on disability topics and also serve as an expert on disability issues.

As a journalist, Suzanne runs a disability website called abledbody.com. She has written a book about technology for people with disabilities (The Illustrated Guide to Assistive Technology, Demos Health, 2010). She also serves on the advisory board of the National Center on Disability and Journalism.

Her company, ablebody, is a disability-owned business enterprise that offers editorial, communications, public relations and social media to corporations and organizations that serve the disability demographic.

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