Advancing disability rights and leadership globally®

MIUSA Celebrates its 45th Anniversary

Date:

In 2026, MIUSA celebrates its 45th year of advancing disability rights and leadership globally!

For more updates, announcements, and activities related to MIUSA’s 45th anniversary, stay tuned to this page and subscribe to MIUSA’s Global Impact e-newsletter!

Anniversary Messages

Throughout the year, we’ll be sharing short video messages from the people who shaped and supported MIUSA as they express their favorite MIUSA memories, lessons learned, and hopes for the future.

MIUSA Co-Founder Barbara Williams-Sheng

Barbara Williams-Sheng, who co-founded MIUSA with Susan Sygall in 1981, recalls taking an adventurous road trip across the country in a van in the organization’s early days and more. View Barbara’s video on YouTube.

MIUSA’s First Intern, Jane Levitt

At 21 years old, Jane Levitt joined MIUSA as its first intern. From representing the organization at a global conference to being serenaded on her last day of her internship, it was an experience that Jane says shaped her for the rest of her life. View Jane’s video on YouTube.

Photo Challenge: Bake MIUSA a 45th Anniversary Cake!

Sheet cake frosted with chocolate icing, colorful icing flowers, and written in frosting: Loud, Proud and Passionate! WILD 2025!"Anniversaries are always the perfect excuse for dessert! Wherever you are in the world, send us a photo of a cake or dessert you’ve made or decorated in celebration of MIUSA’s 45th anniversary. We might feature the photo of your treat in a future issue of our Global Impact e-newsletter! Email photos to info@miusa.org along with your anniversary message. Our mouths are watering already!

Book: Celebrating MIUSA’s Story

“Celebrating MIUSA’s Story” is a tribute to Mobility International USA’s amazing accomplishments and milestones since 1981, made possible by our wonderful staff, donors, partners, host families, and alumni around the world.

This book provides an account of our signature projects and programs, upholds testimonials from individuals touched by our work, maps the origins of our hundreds of alumni, and traces a timeline of our major exchange programs, publications and other milestones. Visit the anniversary book page to download the book in various formats.

Black and white photo of two women seated in an office, against an orange background with red squiggly line

Sign up for our E-News

Event Details

Presenters

No data was found

Moderator

The National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange is a project of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, designed to increase the participation of people with disabilities in international exchange between the United States and other countries, and is supported in its implementation by Mobility International USA.

Advancing disability rights and leadership globally®

Also Search our NCDE Web Resource Library

Contact Us