Josie Badger
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Education
- Geneva College (Disability Law and Advocacy)
- University of Pittsburgh (Rehabilitation Counseling)
- Duquesne University (Doctorate in Healthcare Ethics)
Occupations
- Disability Rights Advocate
- Co-director at the RAISE Center
- Youth Director at The Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership Center
Employers
- RAISE Center
- The Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership Center
Knownfor
- Advocacy for Disability Rights
- Ms. Wheelchair America 2011
- Co-founding Pennsylvania Youth Leadership Network
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Josie Badger is the co-director at the national RAISE Center.[1] She is active and engaged in the Pittsburgh disability rights community.[2]
Badger co-founded a community service club at age 12 to train service dogs for those with disabilities.[3][4] Badger earned her degree in Disability Law and Advocacy from Geneva College in 2007.[5][6][2] She received her graduate degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh and later earned her doctorate in Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University in 2014.[7] Badger is one of eight people in the world born with a rare form of the genetic disorder muscular dystrophy.[8]