Nancy Fitzsimons is a Professor of Social Work at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She teaches courses on social welfare policy and services, policy practice, community work, and empowering practice with people with disabilities. Nancy has spent more than 30 years working with and connected to people with disabilities, disability services, and disability advocacy. Nancy is a former Chair and Region 9 representative of the Minnesota Council on Disability (MCD) and currently serves as a Board member at The Arc Minnesota. She co-Chaired the Olmstead Specialty Committee that developed the State’s Comprehensive plan for prevention of abuse and neglect of people with disabilities: Report.. Her publications include the book Combating Violence and Abuse of People with Disabilities: A Call to Action, book chapter Macro-level Advocacy for Mental Health Professionals: Promoting Social Justice for LGBTQ+ Survivors of Interpersonal Violence, and journal articles Reframing the problem of sexual victimization of people with disabilities and Vulnerability to crime victimization of people with disabilities: Barriers to equal justice. She is currently working on a second book about the intersection of disability and violence tentatively titled The Danger of the Single Story of Disability, Vulnerability, and the Single Solution of Protection.