About me
Katie Chandler, a Project Consultant with Sangha Unity Network, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has worked in the intellectual and developmental disabilities field as a direct support professional, advocate, supervisor, and consultant. In each role, Katie worked to ensure people with disabilities had their rights respected, their needs met, and access to multiple and varied opportunities to contribute and belong in their communities. Her background is in advocacy, focusing on who people are and what they need. She uses the principles of Social Role Valorization to support people with disabilities to have full, meaningful lives and to teach and mentor human service professionals. She develops and leads values-based trainings and supports people with disabilities to have more autonomy and expand their own self-advocacy skills and capacities.