Alex Elegudin Accessibility Professional and Advocate
About Alex Elegudin Alex Elegudin has spent almost a decade working as an accessibility professional, advocate and mentor in the disability community. In 2003, when Alex was a college sophomore, he was in a in a deer related car accident and sustained a C6 level spinal cord injury. He faced an uphill battle to reclaim his independence, managing his medical needs and working tirelessly to complete college.
Skills & expertise
project management
Adapting various situations
finding creative solutions
Advocacy
After working several years as attorney, he saw the incredible challenges facing the disability community and the lack of advocates. Thus, he turned to being a full-time disability advocate and accessibility professional by putting his skills to improving the quality of life for those with disabilities.
Alex Elegudin co-founded Wheeling Forward in 2012 to help others like himself get the support and resources they need to lead active lives.
Alex Elegudin uses his personal and professional experience to tackle challenging areas of need in the disability community and offer hope to those who face barriers toward fully participating in our society.
Career highlights
Accomplished and dedicated professional with more than 10 years of experience working in the non-profit sector on wide-ranging issues and handling all responsibilities of organizational management.
Alex uses his personal and professional experience to tackle challenging areas of need in the disability community and offer hope to those who face barriers toward fully participating in our society.
Alex Elegudin worked as the Accessibility Program Manager at the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, where he was responsible a variety of initiatives to increase the accessibility of New York’s taxi industry.
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