Debra Sweeting

Debra Sweeting is the Founder of Pathways After 18, an education and advocacy practice supporting teens and young adults with disabilities and diverse learning needs as they design a person-centered adulthood. A member of the Treasure Coast (FL) chapter, she equips families with educational resources for self-advocacy, civic participation, career readiness, and independent living. A graduate of Florida Partners in Policymaking with graduate studies in behavioral intervention in autism, she writes and teaches from lived experience and the conviction that disability and dignity belong in the same sentence.