Erosenthal

Fifteen years ago, I founded Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI), an international human rights organization dedicated to protecting the rights and promoting the full participation in society of people with disabilities. MDRI has worked in more than 25 countries, and has produced reports and investigative video broadcast on CNN, ABC’s Nightline, NBC’s Dateline, and BBC World News. MDRI has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times, and The Washington Post. MDRI is the recipient of the 2009 Paul and Sheila Wellstone Mental Health Visionary Award, the 2009 American Psychiatric Association’s Human Rights Award, and the 2008 American Association of People with Disabilities Henry B. Betts Award.