Avery Olmstead, MLIS, activist, writer, and public speaker.

Avery Olmstead has 51 years of personal & professional experience in the disability field. He uses a wheelchair, due to Cerebral Palsy. He has a BS in Rehabilitation Services from the University of Maine at Farmington, a post graduate certificate as a Mental Health Rehabilitation Technician from the University of Southern Maine and an MLIS in Library & Information Science from the University of South Carolina. Avery lives in Old Town with his cat (and owner), Lisa.

Avery is in the process of searching for his next career opportunity. Past professional positions have included: Consultant on various Health Equity projects for the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies and the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council, Public Relations Manager with Speaking Up For Us, Maine’s self-advocacy organization for adults living with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, and Academic Librarian for the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he researched, the research that has been created on the Americans with Disabilities Act

Avery Olmstead has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.