Anne Fracht

Anne Fracht is a renowned, award-winning self-advocate. She moved out of a group home in 1992 and has been living independently ever since. She began advocating for herself and others in 1998. She has testified and joined in rallies on Beacon Hill, Capitol Hill, and beyond to advance the rights of individuals with all kinds of abilities. She has been elected multiple times as Chairperson of Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong (MASS), the statewide self-advocacy organization, and she has repeatedly served on the board of the national self-advocacy organization Self Advocates Becoming Empowered. She also currently serves on the Massachusetts Special Commission on State Institutions, the Governor's Commission on Intellectual Disability, the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services’ (DDS) Self-Determination Advisory Board, the DDS Human Rights Committee, and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center's Community Advisory Council.