Arielle is a dis­abled activist and a social sci­en­tist who is pas­sion­ate about improv­ing pub­lic under­stand­ings of life with dis­abil­i­ties. Pro­fes­sion­al­ly, she has spent fif­teen years con­duct­ing research on the social psy­chol­o­gy of dis­abil­i­ty. Per­son­al­ly, she has spent a life­time learn­ing and teach­ing with fel­low mem­bers of the dis­abil­i­ty community.