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Ash Barcus

Ash Barcus is a proud former foster youth and a foster youth advocate, who is passionate about changing the foster care system for the better through policy and legislation change. Ash spent 6 years in foster care, a hectic 31 homes and 22 high schools, and is now working on two degrees in law and political science to make a career out of fighting for disadvantaged groups of people in society. Ash wants to be a civil rights and constitutional law attorney to fight to protect people.

1/3/2023

Drowning and Forgotten: Former Foster Youth with Disabilities

Disability rights movements need to include the additional barriers that foster youth with disabilities face, writes Ash Barcus.

7/21/2022

Roe v. Wade: Unintended Consequences

A Youth Voice writer describes how the overturning of Roe v. Wade impacts access to medicines for disabled people and others with health conditions.

4/25/2022

Failed by the System Yet Again: Barriers for Foster Youth in Higher Education Support Services

As young people, we're encouraged to go to college, but significant barriers exist for former foster youth, writes Ash Barcus.