Mary Keating

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Mary Keating is a poet, disability rights advocate, attorney, and Yale Law School graduate. She became a paraplegic in 1973 after a car accident at age 15 and has spent over 50 years challenging assumptions about disability. She runs her own law firm and is the Poetry Editor for ScribesMICRO. A three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, her work has appeared in Rattle, Wordgathering, and SFWP. Her memoir in verse, "Recalibrating Gravity", is funny, fierce, and authentic as it explores life as a disabled person. It is praised for its clarity and emotional honesty. Mary is also a scuba diver, open mic regular, and Top Attorney of North America. She served as Chair of the Connecticut State Rehabilitation Council and Vice President of the Rowayton Library. She is married and lives in Connecticut, where she continues to write, speak, and advocate for full inclusion of the over one billion disabled people worldwide.