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[2]Education[edit]Badger co-founded a community service club at age 12 to train service dogs for those with disabilities.[3][4] Badger earned her degree in Disability Law and Advocacy from Geneva College in 2007.[5][6][2]  She received her graduate degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh and later earned her doctorate in Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University in 2014.[7] Badger is one of eight people in the world born with a rare form of the genetic disorder muscular dystrophy.[8]Badger worked on Launching Into Adulthood: An Integrated Response to Support Transition of Youth With Chronic Health Conditions and Disabilities, a project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She co-founded the Pennsylvania Youth Leadership Network and the Children’s Hospital Advisory Network for Guidance and Empowerment, serving as president and vice-president, and also was  served as president and vice president of the National Youth Leadership Network.[7][9][10] She has been recognized as an advocate on behalf of those with disabilities.[11][12]Badger is the Youth Director at The Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership Center and co-director of the national Rehabilitation Services Administration Parent Training and Information Center technical assistance center. She is the author of the TedxPittsburgh talk “Exceptional by Choice”.[7] She filed a suit against Preit Associates, LP for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act on January 3, 2017.[13]Athena Young Professional Award (2015)[7]Ms. Wheelchair America (2011)[14][15][16]References[edit]^ “Josie Badger \u2013 PEAL Center”. pealcenter.org. Retrieved 2017-10-09.^ a b Duquesne University (2014-03-20). “Overcoming the Odds”. Adventures on the Bluff!. Retrieved 2017-10-09.^ Jackson, AL (2017). Glamour et. al. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p.\u00a0747. ISBN\u00a0978-1973722366.^ Educational law and legislation (2003). Information Legislative Service, Volume 41, Issues 1-16. Pennsylvania School Boards Association. p.\u00a0291.^ University of Pittsburgh. “Josie Badger, PhD”. www.lend.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-09.^ “Advocates push back against wage limits under disability”. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2017-10-09.^ a b c d “Josie Badger”. www.duq.edu. Retrieved 8 October 2017.^ “RAISE Center Staff”. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2017.^ The school counselor’s guide to helping students with disabilities. Marshak, Laura E. (1st\u00a0ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2010. ISBN\u00a09780470175798. OCLC\u00a0401168824.{{cite book}}:  CS1 maint: others (link)^ Cato, Jason (October 15, 2012). “City Serves as Main Course for One Young World”. Highbeam. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved October 16, 2017.^ Smydo, Joe (November 1, 2013). “Activists for Those with Intellectual Disabilities to Be Lauded”. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 17, 2017.^ Ma, Annie (May 5, 2015). “Advocates Push for More Progress Young Adults with Disabilities Say Ada Made Difference in Their Lives”. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 17, 2017.^ Josie Badger vs Preit Associates, LP, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Filed January 3, 2017. Document 19, Case 2:16-cv-01431-MRH-RCM, https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/USCOURTS-pawd-2_16-cv-01431\/pdf\/USCOURTS-pawd-2_16-cv-01431-0.pdf^ “Pittsburgher Josie Badger is Ms. Wheelchair America”. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 8 October 2017.^ Rearick, Lauren. “The sky is the limit for Josie Badger”. Ellwood City Ledger. Retrieved 2017-10-08.^ Benz, Kate (September 3, 2012). “Living, Independently”. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Highbeam. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved October 16, 2017."},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/josie-badger-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Josie Badger – Wikipedia"}}]}]