Rahnee Patrick
Rahnee Patrick is the Asian American Director of the Division of Rehabilitation Services at the Illinois Department of Human Services.[1] She is the first Asian American in this position. Patrick is an award-winning author and has 105 books published on Goodreads. In 2008, Patrick received an award from the American Association of People with Disabilities as a leader.[2] She received the Paul Hearne Award.[3] [4]
Early life
Patrick was born in South Bend, Indiana.[1] Patrick was raised in the small town of North Liberty, Indiana. She has psoriasis and arthritis, which don’t let her use her arms or hands.[5] Her parents met during the Vietnam conflict. Her mother, Ubonwan Patrick is originally from Thailand.[2][4]
Education
Patrick graduated from John Glenn High School in 1992.[4] She graduated from Indiana University at South Bend in 1996.[4] She co-founded Students Together Active and Respected at Indiana University, where she met others with disabilities.[4]
Career
Patrick graduated from Illinois University at South Bend in 1996.[1] She then started becoming involved in the independent living and disability rights movements as well as the group ADAPT.[1] In 2007, the Governor of Illinois had her start working for the Illinois State Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities.[1] Then, in 2008 she was awarded the Paul Hearne award.[3] Patrick graduated from Adler University with her Master's in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.[1] She currently lives in Chicago with her husband and 2 dogs.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Patrick, Rahnee (17 January 2023). "Rahnee Patrick". Linkedin.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "State Rehabilitation Council Members". Illinois Department of Human Services. 17 January 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights". www.americanbar.org. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Borlik, Kathy (15 February 2008). "Certificate Recognizes Service to Agriculture". NewsBank.
- ↑ Bello, Marisol (6 August 2010). "States cut funds for disabled - Recession-battered budgets may push some out of homes". NewsBank.