Mothers
Mothers of children with disabilities or complex medical conditions, from early childhood through adulthood.
Meet Tina and Miss T
Tina Vincent turns lived experience and decades of systems expertise into something families can actually use.
Thirty years ago she was told her daughter would not survive. Today Miss T lives in her own home with 24-hour support, has held four jobs over thirteen years, and shares the keynote stage with her mother.
Between those two points sits a 22-year federal career, three years as a Social Security Title XVI Claims Specialist interviewing families at the exact moment their child turned 18, a degree in Social Psychology, and 26 years of advocacy, training and community leadership.
Her daughter's journey is part of her credibility. It is not the whole of her professional identity.
Miss T, Tionna Jackson, is a self-determined professional, a speaker and a community advocate. She lives with Trisomy 8 Mosaicism, a rare genetic condition, along with intellectual disability and barriers to communication, and she presents alongside her mother using her augmentative and alternative communication device. She has held four jobs across thirteen years, graduated from Project SEARCH at Arkansas Children's Hospital, and stood in the White House for the ABLE Act ceremony.
