The J Detroit: Celebrating Jewish Disability Awareness Acceptance & Inclusion Month

The J’s Opening the Doors department celebrated Jewish Disability Awareness Acceptance & Inclusion Month (JDAIM) with Ava Xiao-Lin Rigelhaupt. Ava is a writer, consultant, actress, speaker and advocate for disability and autism representation in the entertainment industry. Ava was the Autistic Creative Consultant on the Broadway musical, “How to Dance in Ohio,” based on the HBO documentary, which follows 7 Autistic adults, and has written for PBS Kids shows. Ava shared stories about the musical and on her own experiences as a Chinese, transracial, Jewish, autistic adoptee. She spoke surrounded by an art exhibit by the neuro diverse members of Living and Learning Enrichment Center.