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Sylvia Colt-Lacayo

Sylvia Colt-Lacayo is an outgoing activist for the disability rights movement. She is passionate about about the undersexualization of the disabled along with their underrepresentation in media and politics.

Sylvia's Latest Articles

Disability Complicates Mother-Daughter Relationship

By Sylvia Colt-Lacayo ● Teen Voices ● April 17, 2017

Writer Sylvia Colt needs her mother to bathe and dress her, but that doesn’t mean she also doesn’t want to kick her in the nose sometimes.

Screen capture of main character in a wheelchair looking forwards pensively in the foreground, main female lead in the background looking at him and smiling, clasping her hands.

Teen Calls Out ‘Me Before You’ Movie as Offensive, Belittling

By Sylvia Colt-Lacayo ● Teen Voices ● June 15, 2016

To those who rely on wheelchairs and helpers, “Me Before You” is more than just a PG-13 romantic comedy. This story is part of Teen Voices’ Girl Fuse series, featuring stories by and about girls with disabilities.