Sheri Denkensohn-Trott

Sheri Denkensohn-Trott (she/her), who sustained a spinal cord injury resulting in quadriplegia at age 16, is a graduate of the University at Albany and the Georgetown University Law Center. Following a 25-year career as an attorney with the federal government, she and her husband, who also has a disability, co-founded Happy on Wheels to inspire others, with and without disabilities, to live happier lives through motivational speaking, writing, mentoring, consulting and other activities. Sheri and her husband Tony reside in Arlington, VA.

Worship

Bring Your Words to Life: Making Online Worship Accessible

Sheri Denkensohn-Trott

November 30, 2021

I write about International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3, 2021) as a quadriplegic wheelchair user and as a Jewish woman accustomed to advocating for physical inclusion in places of worship. I am all too familiar with common barriers to access and have offered potential solutions.

Man in a wheelchair at the bottom of a long flight of steps

Now Is the Time to Make Our Houses of Worship Fully Accessible

Sheri Denkensohn-Trott

February 13, 2020

Given the upcoming 30th anniversary of the ADA, it is time for synagogues that need to move toward becoming fully inclusive and accessible to make a start.

Closeup of a woman's hands resting on a wooden pew

Disability Rights

We All Deserve Access to God

Sheri Denkensohn-Trott

February 8, 2018

The progress the Jewish community has made around inclusion is to be commended – but it’s important to be consistent with a message of inclusion, and not to confuse the concepts of diversity and inclusion.