Education and Labor Committee in 2019 and frequently meets with stakeholders and advocates on issues related to disability policy. She left NCD to join the staff of the U.S. area in 2014 to become the Legislative Affairs Specialist with the National Council on Disability (NCD), an independent federal agency that advises the President, Congress, and other federal officials and entities on policies and programs affecting Americans with disabilities. Phoebe was a staff attorney with Disability Rights Florida for seven years. She went on to earn her Juris Doctorate from Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL) in Boston. At Iowa she co-founded and chaired a student disability rights group, Disability Action Resource and Culture, and participated in related activities. Her achievements are magnified by what she had to overcome in her journey.”Īfter high school she earned her BA from the University of Iowa where she had a full-tuition scholarship for academic achievement. Over great odds and by her own sheer grit she has been successful. Her intelligence, wit and determination have been successful at promoting systemic changes that increase opportunities for economic self-improvement, expanded civic participation and capacity for self-advocacy.
Through her own experiences and struggles, she has become an effective advocate for people facing a variety of disabilities. Phoebe has not allowed her wheelchair to limit her achievements. Her high school career was plagued with doctors, surgeries, infections, and struggling with braces to walk. She has spent her entire life overcoming spinal bifida and the host of issues resulting from her disability. “It is with great respect and awe that I nominate Phoebe.
She is a published policy researcher in the areas of employment, asset development, work incentives, self-determination, and benefits programs for individuals with disabilities, and has gained a national reputation as an expert in the area of guardianship. She has spent her professional career working on issues relating to disability law. Phoebe is an attorney and currently lives in Oakton, VA. Achievement Hall of Fame recipient Phoebe Ball ‘91 was nominated by alum Karen Miller Thornton ‘74.
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