Ari Ne'eman

Ari Ne’eman is an assistant professor of health policy and management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. For two decades, he has worked to advance the inclusion of people with disabilities throughout society. He previously served as Senior Disability Advisor to the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights from 2020 to 2025 and as one of President Obama’s appointees to the National Council on Disability from 2010 to 2015. He cofounded the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and served as its executive director from 2006 to 2016. Ari lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two children. The Right to Live in This World is his first book.