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She is also a retired performer, disability rights advocate\/activist, freelance journalist and very tired mom! In 2013 she wrote and self-published her first children\u2019s book,\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meet ClaraBelle Blue<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, after not being able to find a children\u2019s book that adequately and appropriately represented her daughter (disabled, Black). Since then Adiba has led numerous workshops and given keynote addresses around the country for parents, educators and education professionals and paraprofessionals, focusing on DEIA from a disability perspective. 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