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We Don’t See a Box.

We Only See the Sky.

Navigating Today. Redesigning Tomorrow.

Beyond The Box Advocacy supports individuals navigating disability systems today and advises organizations working to improve them for tomorrow.

Who We Are

Founded by disability policy advocate Lilly Grossman, Beyond The Box Advocacy was created to challenge systems that limit access, mobility, and independence for Americans with disabilities.We bring together lived experience, policy analysis, and systems thinking to address barriers within disability support systems and help build stronger ones for the future.

What We Do

Beyond The Box Advocacy supports individuals navigating disability systems today and advises organizations working to improve those systems for the future.

For individuals and families

We assist with:

  • direct support

  • systems navigation

  • guidance through complex disability-related services and decisions

For organizations and companies

We offer:

  • policy analysis

  • systems consulting

  • strategic communications

  • disability-informed guidance designed to improve access and accountability

This model keeps the work grounded in individual experience and connected to lasting systemic reform.

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Who We Serve

We work with individuals and organizations navigating or working to improve disability systems, including families, caregivers, advocates, nonprofits, educators, healthcare providers, and policy partners.

Why Our Work Matters

Disability policy shapes whether people with disabilities can pursue education, build careers, maintain support, and live with stability and independence. Too often, these systems are designed without meaningful input from the people who rely on them.

People with disabilities have long advocated for a simple principle: nothing about us without us. When lived experience is excluded from policy design, systems often create barriers instead of meaningful support.

Beyond The Box Advocacy brings lived experience into policy conversations and works to improve the systems people must navigate every day.

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