Manderson Praxis is an education and thought-leadership practice dedicated to turning critical insight into meaningful action. We design curriculum, learning experiences, and public work that challenge dominant narratives, center lived experience, and equip individuals and institutions to think rigorously, act ethically, and create lasting change — especially alongside disabled and marginalized communities.

N-Able Berg — The Audacity of Difference | Nov. 2025
Harvard University – THE THROUGH LINE: FROM CLASSROOM ABLEISM TO LIFELONG IMPACT | Aug. 2025
NYU – Innovation Without Barriers: Engineering a More Inclusive World | Feb. 2025
Black Women’s Roundtable on Disability & Chronic Illness w/ Rep. Ayanna Pressley | Jul. 2020
University of Washington – Presenter | Nov. 2020
NYU Steinhardt GSO Panel – Diversity in the Workplace | Apr. 2017
UFT News – Breaking Barriers in the Bronx | 06/2023 Link
New Mobility – Wheelchair-Using Teachers Give the Next Generation a More Accurate View of Disability | 05/2023 Link
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Blog – Disabled Women Make History: Dayniah Manderson | 02/2023 Link
Embrace It Podcast: Episode 30 – The Miseducation of Inclusion | 04/08/2022 Link
THIRTEEN – LESSON LEARNED: A Conversation With K-12 Teachers About Mental Health | 05/05/2022 Link
BX Times – Bronx Middle School Teacher Wins Suit Against DOE for ADA Accommodations | 12/15/2021 Link
New York Daily News – Bronx Teacher Files Discrimination Complaint Against NYC Education Dept. | 06/15/2020 Link
USA Today – Does My Wheelchair Make You Uncomfortable? How My Disability May Have Cost Me a Job | 10/18/2018 Link
Disability Visibility Podcast w/ Alice Wong | 11/2019 Link
Muscular Dystrophy Association – From Apples to Advocacy: Teacher Dayniah Manderson Embraces Her Role as Ms. Wheelchair NY 2017 | 06/30/2017 Link
News 12 The Bronx – Bronx Woman Named Ms. Wheelchair NY 2017 | 12/28/2017 Link
WCBS 880 Interview – 50 People to Know: Ms. Wheelchair NY 2017 | 03/27/2017 Link
NYU Alumni Feature – Advice to New Graduates | 05/09/2017 Link
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Blog – Evolving From Self-Hatred to Self-Love | Date N/A Link
Crip Camp Conversation w/ Dr. Jill Biden – Clips and Conversation: 2020 Election & Disability Advocacy | 10/02/2020
New York Times – Bent, Not Broken | 04/30/2010 Link
New York Times Video – A Life of Determination and Dependence | 04/30/2010 Link