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Even as a young girl, Lindsey Powell Mullis \u201906 was drawn to people who might be overlooked by others. When she saw a little girl step off of a special education bus, she walked down the street, knocked on the door and asked if she could play. That desire to be part of the life of someone with a disability continued as she grew up, and still guides her personal and professional life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mullis is the program director for the Kentucky Inclusive Health Collaborative at the University of Kentucky\u2019s Human Development Institute (HDI), and is the adoptive mother of a young girl from China with Down syndrome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of people get into this field because of someone in their life with a disability that motivates or inspires them to want to change the world for that person,\u201d Mullis reflects. \u201cI didn\u2019t grow up around anyone with disabilities \u2014 I was just wired this way. And it\u2019s the way that I was raised.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Inclusive Health Collaborative that Mullis runs promotes equitable health for people with disabilities through several projects as part of HDI\u2019s full scope of over 50 projects that support people with disabilities across the lifespan. That would be challenging enough, but the team is funded entirely through grants. So, before the work can begin to address health disparities, the case must be made for funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe greatest challenge is that disability is the most overlooked minority group,\u201d says Mullis, noting that one in three people in Kentucky lives with a disability. Educating people to comprehend the scale of the challenge often brings about an \u201caha moment\u201d in conversation, she says, and helps to build connection. The ultimate goal is to make health and wellness inclusive of the entire population, and to help everyone see that disability rights are human rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mullis is the program director for the Kentucky Inclusive Health Collaborative at the University of Kentucky\u2019s Human Development Institute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHealth is such a broad foundation across all the aspects of our lives, whether it be social relationships, employment or the values that we have,\u201d Mullis says. \u201cThat\u2019s a big part of why we have the advocacy component. We wouldn\u2019t be successful if we didn\u2019t have it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working to reduce the health disparities for people of all ages, Mullis has become an expert in connecting people to resources and opportunities, building partnerships, emphasizing inclusivity in the collection of data and always encouraging participation and leadership from people with disabilities. The quality of her work has been recognized by the American Public Health Association, which gave her the Disability Section Student Member Award in 2019 and the next year elected her co-chair of planning the disability section program for APHA over the next three years.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As she discusses each new development in her career, references to Transylvania return as a sort of refrain \u2014 from the holistic approach to her field and the academic rigor that has made her postgraduate scholarship successful (even after lengthy breaks from academia) to the supportive community and hands-on experience. Mullis is now pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTransy is where you can actually start putting your passion into the work that you do,\u201d Mullis says. \u201cThat\u2019s where I really got to gain more experience in disability.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Transy, Mullis made the important connection between mind and body in health when she took former basketball coach Don Lane\u2019s Introduction to Exercise Science class. \u201cI came in just thinking about the psychology aspect, that being my chosen major,\u201d she explains. \u201cBut as I learned more about exercise science and a holistic view of health and wellness, that\u2019s what really drew me to wanting to have a broader understanding of health and wellness.\u201d She added exercise science as a second major and focused all of her papers and practicum experience on disability. The combination of the two majors and her specific focus proved to be fruitful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so much overlap of the mind and the body,\u201d she says, noting the interaction of the social sciences and how perfectly they integrate with the world of disability. The clincher, she always likes to tell undergraduates, was jumping in and gaining hands-on experience through internships and volunteering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She remembers how responding to a flyer on the Transy psychology department bulletin board led to a challenging summer camp internship in a remote area of New York. As a bunk counselor she worked with preteen boys who were wards of the state or dealing with juvenile delinquent issues. But part of camp was for kids with disabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey tried to do inclusion within that program,\u201d she recalls, \u201cwith everyone getting the same experiences at camp. That was one of my first real challenges and experiences supporting individuals within the disability community. It changed my life, because it taught me so much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She likes to encourage students to put themselves out there and discover if the work is right for them. \u201cIt was my practicum opportunity and those volunteer experiences that really helped me get that idea of where my interests and passions were,\u201d she says, \u201cand my capacity for doing good and making change in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mullis with her husband and two daughters (photo by Kari Jones)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mullis keeps in touch with her alma mater, visiting campus and talking with students (online during COVID-19). She recently offered a virtual internship to a senior who is a disability advocate. Read about Nathan French \u201921<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe community at Transy is very special,\u201d she notes. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to stay connected. And when you have a need, people from across the Transy community always seem to want to help each other.\u201d Whether giving or receiving as a member of that community, Mullis is living the lasting results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI loved my experience at Transy,\u201d she says. \u201cI really feel like my time at Transy helped me become who I am and who I want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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