Educator and Teacher Professional Development

20 – 26% of the population is disabled, according to the census and the CDC, so teachers already deal with students with disabilities, IDEA, and IEPs day in and day out. Mickey Rowe empowers educators to make that aspect of every teacher’s day a little easier and less stressful.

• From Special Education to Broadway’s Biggest Stage
• Founding Artistic Director of the National Disability Theatre
• Featured by NY Times, TODAY show, Wall Street Journal

When we think with an accessibility mindset, we help all of our students succeed, not just the students with disabilities. Teachers change these students’ lives daily and deserve some thanks and appreciation straight from the source. Mickey is an autistic and legally blind disability and accessibility expert who has led Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility trainings and workshops for companies including Nordstrom, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Pfizer, The International Council on Development and Learning, The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, and more. He is endorsed as a recommended speaker by the National Organization for Youth Safety.

👇Learning Outcomes:

OPTIMISM: Educators will see all the lives they change every day without ever even knowing it. Mickey’s life was changed by a teacher, Ms. Ritchie, who fought to get him his IEP. Ms. Ritchie doesn't know she changed Mickey’s life or what he is accomplishing now. Every teacher changes students’ lives in ways they never get to see.

FLUENCY: Mickey takes IEPs and IDEA from being stressful legal obligations to fun, easy, stress-free creativity.

CONFIDENCE: Educators will become confident talking about disability. According to the CDC 20 - 25% of the population has a disability so this confidence will make every educator’s life easier daily.

INVITE MICKEY TO YOUR EVENT:
Please contact Top Youth Speakers to invite Mickey to speak at your school, organization, fundraiser, or event.

• From Special Education to Broadway’s Biggest Stage
• Founding Artistic Director of the National Disability Theatre
• Featured by NY Times, TODAY show, Wall Street Journal

As an autistic and legally blind person, it was always made clear to Mickey the many things he was incapable of doing. But Mickey did them all anyway—and he succeeded because of, not despite, his autism. 

He became the first autistic actor to play the lead role in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, landed the title role in the play Amadeus, and founded the National Disability Theatre. 

Mickey faced untold obstacles along the way, but his story ends in triumph.

Mickey inspires all people—autistic and non-autistic alike—that the things that make us different are often our biggest strengths.

Mickey has been featured in the New York Times, the TODAY show, PBS, Vogue, Playbill, NPR, CNN, Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, Forbes, on Smarter in Seconds.

He has been a keynote speaker at organizations such as the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Kennedy Center, Yale University, Columbia University, Disability Rights Washington, The Gershwin Theatre on Broadway, and more. 

Mickey is a disability and accessibility expert who has led DEIA trainings and workshops for companies including Nordstrom, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, and more.

INVITE MICKEY TO YOUR EVENT:
Please contact Top Youth Speakers to invite Mickey to speak at your school, organization, fundraiser, or event.