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title: The disability community has lost one of it's most dedicated advocates. | Aspire Living & Learning
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 Feb 26, 2019 7:00:00 PM

# The disability community has lost one of it’s most dedicated advocates.

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Pictured Carrie Ann Lucas, second from left, in 2018 in Windsor, Colorado, with her children, from left, Asiza, Heather, Adrianne and Anthony. Ms. Lucas fought for the rights of the disabled, especially those who are parents. Read her obituary in the New York Times [Click Here](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/obituaries/carrie-ann-lucas-dead.html).

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