03/13/2026
She Came, She Saw, She Advocated.🔴
In honor of Women's History Month, Threshold would like to spotlight disability rights champion, Tia Nelis. Pictured above, Tia was one of the first self-advocates to be professionally employed and has used her position to make disability policy more accessible to other disabled folk. Her work will be remembered for decades because of its emphasis on humanization, choice, and community integration. Tia knew that the foundational promise of our nation - "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" - belonged to all of us.
For more info on Tia, checkout the article from University of Illinois Chicago publication, UIC Today, via the link below.
https://ow.ly/hPOa50YtCAi