Josh Basile, Committee Member

Josh Basile is a white man and wheelchair user with short, light brown hair. He wears a tie and white collared shirt under a cerulean blue v-neck sweater and big smile.

Josh Basile is a C4-5 quadriplegic, power wheelchair user, disability rights advocate, and lawyer. In 2004, at the age of eighteen, Josh was paralyzed below the shoulders in a beach accident. Soon after he formed a 501(c)3 nonprofit to empower newly injured families. He created the world’s largest paralysis video mentoring network on SPINALpedia.com with 21,000 videos searchable by physical functionality. As a medical malpractice lawyer and disabilities rights advocate, Josh serves persons with disabilities both in the courtroom and through policy initiatives. As a community leader and changemaker, Josh works tirelessly to improve the quality of life the people with disabilities and to break down existing barriers to access and inclusion with a focus on independent living, transportation, employment, and web accessibility.