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Theo & friends strolling the park in Michigan children with disabilities can receive an education even if their family relocates . He finds interest in engagement activism because it directly connects to Ressa ' s professional knowledge and personal experiences . Originally from Kenya , Ressa has been traveling back there for months at a time , typically in the summer , to complete his work in disability awareness and research . Although he began working in this community in Kenya in 2017 , working within disability rights is something that started when he was a child , he said . He has attended conferences in Nairobi Kenya , like in July 2017 when he was a part of a Disability and Social Justice in Kenya summit organized by people with disabilities in Kenya . Alongside scholars from other institutions like Arizona State University ,
Ressa represented Wayne State University . In May 2022 he was again involved in the 3rd Inclusive Africa Conference . This came after his participation in the April Society for Disability Studies Virtual Conference in the USA . When COVID began , though , things turned remote , but that didn ' t stop him from following up with his colleagues , having meetings via Zoom , and connecting with
people through WhatsApp and Facebook to ensure that his work was moving forward .
Last summer , he was able to travel back to Kenya and be a part of a group involved in disability awareness , especially in the northern desert area . This summer ( 2022 ), after he completed teaching his courses , he traveled back to Kenya to broaden his scholarship scope . " It ' s so critical for me to go , to see that what I had initiated is taking root and is getting a try in the community so that we can break the sedimented culture of deficits that is in that community ," Ressa said .