In the late 1970s, before deciding to spend her life in smoky comedy clubs and cramped writers’ rooms, Henriette worked with Ralph Nader at his Center for Study of Responsive Law. Since then, she has been writer/producer on such shows as the Emmy Award-winning The Osbournes, and Michael Moore’s The Awful Truth, and a consultant for HBO's The Comeback. Henriette won her first Emmy for writing on Win Ben Stein’s Money. She has also appeared as an actress in many feature films and television comedies and, with Teri Garr, co-authored the book Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood.
 

Rosalind Joffe, a chronic illness career coach, is co-author of Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend! and president of cicoach.com. As a recognized expert on chronic illness in the workplace, she has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, msnbc.com, WebMD, and ABC Radio, as well as a variety of regional and national media outlets. Rosalind has published in dozens of disease organization and health journals and can be found on her widely read blog, WorkingWithChronicIllness.com and twitters@WorkWithIllness.  

Liz Thompson was born in Ohio on an auspicious date, 9/11/51, but by the time the historical 9/11 happened, she was a deaf reporter. She received a successful cochlear implant the following year. She is married and has three grown children and four grandchildren. Her MS was diagnosed in 1987 but had been symptomatic since 1970. It has not slowed her down in the enjoyment of her life. She is a freelance writer, columnist, and recent author of her first book, Day by Day, The Chronicles of a Hard of Hearing Reporter, published by Gallaudet University Press. She is a writer for Hearing Health Magazine and enjoys gardening with her husband, knitting, baking, the local theatre, and is an avid reader, usually with two books going at a time. She is book reviewer for MSWorld.org and an Ambassador for her NMSS Ohio Buckeye Chapter. 

Allison Shadday is a licensed clinical social worker. For the past 12 years she has specialized in counseling the chronically ill and their families. Diagnosed with MS in 1994, Allison works passionately to serve and educate the MS community. She is the author of MS and Your Feelings: Handling the Ups and Downs of Multiple Sclerosis, published by Hunter House in 2006. She writes for several publications including Inside MS, Momentum Magazine, PN, MS Focus, and publications of Avonex Alliance and MSAA. Allison speaks nationally on behalf of the National MS Society, MSAA, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations. 

Known as the guru of accessible travel, Candy Harrington has covered this niche exclusively for the past 15 years. She’s the founding editor of Emerging Horizons and the author of several accessible travel titles, including the classic, Barrier Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers. She’s also a contributing author to Kids on Wheels, pens accessible travel content for a wide range of print and Internet publications, and hosts her own Barrier Free Travels radio show. Tape measure in hand, Candy hits the road often, in search of new, accessible travel options. She blogs regularly about accessible travel news, resources, and industry updates on her Barrier Free Travels blog at www.BarrierFreeTravels.com