Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, PhD

Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, PhD is a global human rights, neurodiversity, and disability justice leader, transdisciplinary activist-scholar, BIPoC self-advocate/person with disabilities, author, educator, and (proud) parent in a neurodiverse, multicultural, twice-exceptional serodifferent biological and adoptive family. A prolific writer and thought leader with both lived and learned expertise whose multimodal work focuses on participatory research, meaningful community involvement, intersectionality, and accessibility, Morénike, a recognized content expert in various collaborative endeavors, serves as founder/principal operator of Advocacy Without Borders, a nonprofit initiative offering lectures, advocacy, research, and related projects as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion training. Morénike is also a research fellow within the Life Course Outcomes division at the AJ Drexel Autism Institute (the first public health-focused autism research center in the US) at Drexel University.

Morénike, who is based in the US, maintains membership within several global and national executive boards and is a highly sought after consultant, keynote lecturer, and public speaker who has presented at the White House, the United Nations, and numerous peer-reviewed international conferences. Morénike also serves as a Public Member of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, the Federal advisory committee that advises the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services on issues related to autism and coordinates all federal autism efforts in the US. Notable publications of Morénike's include over a dozen monograph chapter contributions, digital scholarship, peer-reviewed articles and editorial work.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Morenike Onaiwu is the founder of Advocacy Without Boarders and has employment relationships with Drexel University and the US Department of Health and Human Services. She receives royalties as a published author. Morenike Onaiwu receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Morenike Onaiwu has no relevant non-financial relationships.