Heather Watkins

Heather Watkins is a disability rights advocate, author, mother, consultant, graduate of Emerson College with a B.S. in Mass Communications. Born with Muscular Dystrophy, she serves on a handful of disability-related boards and projects. She is a former Chair of the Boston Disability Commission Advisory Board. Heather serves on the advisory board of Open Door Arts and is a founding member of Harriet Tubman Collective, composed of Black Deaf & Black Disabled activists, artists, and organizers. Her publishing experience includes articles in MDA’s Quest magazine, published work in African Voices art mag, and blogged for sites like: Our Ability, Art of Living Guide, Disabled Parenting, Rooted In Rights, and Thank God I. Heather’s short story, “Thank God I have Muscular Dystrophy” published in 2013 as part of compilation in the Thank God I…Am an Empowered Woman ® book series. Her blog Slow Walkers See More includes reflections and insight from her life with disability.