Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards

Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards
Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards
Awarded for	"To recognize exemplary leaders within the global disability community and their extraordinary societal contributions"
Country	United States
Presented by	The Viscardi center
First awarded	2013
Website	www.viscardiawards.org

The Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards were established to honor the legacy of the founder of the Viscardi Center, Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr., a leading disability rights advocate who wore prosthetic limbs. These international Awards, first conferred in 2013, recognize exemplary leaders in the disability sector around the globe who have had a profound impact on changing the lives of people with disabilities and championing their rights.^[1] Considered as most prestigious, these global awards honor champions of disability activism.

List of awardees

Year	Awardee	Country
2021^[2]
	Lalit Kumar - Evara Foundation	India
	Rebecca Cokley - Ford Foundation	United States
	Paul W. Schroeder - American Printing House for the Blind	United States
	Dani Bowman - DaniMation Entertainment	United States
	Deepak KC - World Bank Group Nepal/National Paralympic Committee of Nepal	Nepal
	Miguel Tomasín - Reynols	Argentina
	Scott Michael Robertson - ODEP	United States
2020^[3]
	Nguyen Thi Lan Anh - Action to the Community Development Institute	Vietnam
	Caroline Casey (activist) - The Valuable 500	Ireland
	James R. “JR” Harding - Florida State University	United States
	Judith Heumann - The Heumann Connection	United States
	Andrew J. Imparato - Disability Rights California	United States
	Braam Jordaan - Convo Communications	South Africa
	Jaime Huerta Peralta - Universidad Privada del Norte	Peru
	Edmund “EQ” Sylvester - United States Adaptive Golf Alliance	United States
	Faʻatino Masunu Utumapu - Nuanua O Le Alofa	Samoa
	Duong Thi Van - Hanoi Association of People with Disabilities	Vietnam
	James J. Weisman - United Spinal Association	United States
2019^[4]
	Major Jas Boothe - Final Salute Inc	United States
	SFC Joseph Bowser - U.S. Army	United States
	Virginia A. Jacko - Miami Lighthouse for the Blind	United States
	Kamran Khan - Saaya Association of Persons with Disabilities	Pakistan
	Abha Khetarpal - Cross the Hurdles	India
	Dinesh Palipana - Gold Coast Health	Australia
	Chano Park - Seoul Center for Independent Living	South Korea
	Ali Stroker - Tony Award-Winning Actress	United States
	Yves Veulliet - IBM	Belgium
	Dr. Hoang-Yen Thi Vo - Disability Research and Capacity Development	Vietnam
2018^[5]
	Maria Town - Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, Texas	United States
	Alireza Darvishy - Zurich University of Applied Sciences	Switzerland
	Ilan Gilon - The Knesset	Israel
	Frederick M. Franks, Jr. - Retired Four-Star General of the U.S. Army, Florida	United States
	Prudence Mabhena - Prudence Mabhena Music, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe
	Thomas A. Hoffer - Regional Health Command – Pacific, Washington	United States
	Bonface Ophiyah Massah, Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi	Malawi
	Jawaid Rais - Disabled Welfare Association, Pakistan	Pakistan
	Glen W. White - Delta Air Lines Advisory Board on Disability, Kansas	United States
	Mohammed Yousuf - EquallyAble Foundation, Washington	United States
2017^[6]
	Gregory D. Gadson - U.S. Army Veteran, Patriot Strategies, VA	United States
	Dr Satendra Singh – Disability Rights Activist, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi	India
	Justin Constantine- Inspirational speaker, Constantine Group, New York	United States
	Yuval Wagner – founder Access Israel	Israel
	Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu- Deputy Minister, Department of Social Development	South Africa
	Matt King – Facebook, CA	United States
	Vashkar Bhattachearjee – Young Power in Social Action	Bangladesh
	Thomas J. Wlodkowski – ComCast, PA	United States
	Asim Zafar – Saaya Association	Pakistan
2016
	Jim Mayer - U.S. Army/Vietnam Veteran (ret.), Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC	United States
	Hiroyasu Itoh - Chairman, Japan Abilities, Tokyo^[7]	Japan
	Dr. Louise Sinden-Carroll - International Federation of Hard of Hearing People, Auckland	New Zealand
	Juan Pablo Salazar Salamanca, President, National Council on Disability and Presidential Advisor, Bogotá	Colombia
	PJ Edington - IBM Government & Regulatory Affairs Executive, Washington, D.C.	United States
	Dave McGill - VP, Reimbursement & Compliance, Ossur, Centerport, NY	United States
	Saima Aslam - National Forum of Women with Disabilities	Pakistan
	Senarath Attanayake, Uva Provincial Council, Colombo^[8]	Sri Lanka
	Peggy Chenoweth, Author/Advocate/Blogger, Gainesville, Virginia	United States
	Curtis Pride, former Major League Baseball player, MLB’s Ambassador for Disability Inclusion, New York City	United States
2015
	Jim Gibbons President & CEO, Goodwill Industries International	United States
	Mark Johnson Chair, ADA Legacy Project and Director of Advocacy at Shepherd Center	United States
	Mark Wafer President, Megleen, operating as Tim Hortons	Canada
	David Krupa CEO, The Range of Motion Project	United States
	Ed Lucas – Founder, The Ed Lucas Foundation; Sports Journalist	United States
	Winfred G. Mugure – University of Nairobi	Kenya
	Toby Olson – Executive Secretary to the Governor’s Committee on Disability Issues and Employment for the State of Washington	United States
	Lonnie C. Moore – U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command	United States
	Marilyn E. Saviola – Senior Vice President for Advocacy and the Women’s Health Program	United States
2014
	Marlee Matlin – Academy Award & Golden Globe Award-winning Actress	United States
	Yevgeniy Tetyukhin – Professor at the Petropavlovsk North Kazakhstan State University	Kazakhstan
	Jim Abbott – Former MLB Pitcher & Gold Medal Olympian^[9]	United States
	Maryanne Diamond – General Manager Advocacy and Engagement at Vision Australia^[10]	Australia
	Marca Bristo – President & CEO of Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago^[11]	United States
	Ron McCallum – Emeritus Professor at The University of Sydney^[12]	Australia
	Rory A. Cooper – Distinguished Professor at the University of Pittsburgh^[13]	United States
	Neil Jacobson – Founder & CEO of Abilicorp	United States
	Arlene Mayerson – Attorney at the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund	United States
	Thomas Porter – Volunteer at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center	United States
	Susan Sygall – Co-founder & CEO of Mobility International USA (MIUSA)	United States
	Mary Verdi-Fletcher – President & Founding Artistic Director of Dancing Wheels	United States
2013
	Laurie Ahern – President, Disability Rights International	United States
	Tony Coelho – Primary Sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990	United States
	Rosangela Berman Bieler – Senior Advisor on Children with Disabilities, UNICEF	United States
	Michael Ashley Stein – Executive Director, Harvard Law School Project on Disability	United States
	Kathleen Martinez – Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor	United States
	Patrick D. Rummerfield – Community Liaison, International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Kennedy-Krieger Institute	United States
	Yoav Kraiem – Chairman, National Council for Community Relations – Mental Health	United States
	Lex Frieden – Director, Independent Living Research Utilization program at TIRR Memorial Hermann	United States
	U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin – Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District	United States