Jessica Jimenez Wins the Diana Viets Memorial Award

The Diana Viets Memorial Award

Diana Viets was an energetic young woman with a disability who dedicated her life to empowering young people with disabilities to take an active role in the Independent Living Movement. The Independent Living philosophy is a way of looking at society and disability and a worldwide movement of people with disabilities working for equal opportunities, self-determination, and self-respect. Through her work at a Center for Independent Living and the on the board for the National Council on Independent Living, Diana touched many lives of youth with disabilities. The Diana Viets Memorial Award acknowledges, honors, and encourages young leaders who promote disability pride spreading the Independent Living philosophy, and fostering the active participation of youth with disabilities in the Disability Rights Movement.