{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Young Lawyer Rising","title":"This Lawyer Embraces Her Disability. Now She Fights For Others.","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1789,"description":"Guest Evita Nwosu-Sylvester focuses on the civil rights and fair lending needs of middle- to low-income earners in their quest for affordable housing. She works in multifamily fair lending operations at Freddie Mac (the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.).\r\nBut Nwosu-Sylvester is also a fighter for rights, fair hiring needs, and workplace accommodation for those embracing disabilities.\r\nNwosu-Sylvester followed a nontraditional path to her legal career. She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology with the goal of pursuing that field, focusing on helping people with disabilities. Then, the idea of putting a law degree to work in the field of disability and civil rights attracted her. Throughout her education, she worked to embrace her own disability – cerebral palsy – and learn how to live independently while making a difference.\r\nIn her legal career, Nwosu-Sylvester shows organizations that people with disabilities are capable, valuable contributors. Accommodation doesn’t have to be insurmountable or expensive, and Nwosu-Sylvester and her team regularly make themselves available to help organizations understand and develop neurodiversity policies and programs.\r\nRESOURCES:\r\nU.S. Department of Labor Job Accommodation Network (JAN)\r\nABA Commission on Disability Rights\r\nThe American Association of People With Disabilities\r\nAmerican Bar Association\r\nAmerican Bar Association Young Lawyers Division","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WF0LJfofeizRgT4bRJOMr0dxoEQRxx8BEmIT-zQYxyg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMGE4/NTJkMjIxNWJjN2Vk/M2U2YTZkNjI0ZTYy/Mzk5Yy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}