Dr Eric Fishon
Dr. Eric Evangelos Fishon is an author, educator, nonprofit leader, and disability advocate whose work centers on access and dignity for individuals living with invisible disabilities.
Living with multiple invisible disabilities, including chronic fatigue and narcolepsy, he made the intentional decision to embrace his disability openly and redirect his professional expertise toward advocacy.
IDA Ambassador – New York
After more than 30 years in marketing and communications within financial services, airlines, and broadcasting, Dr. Eric Fishon reached a pivotal moment in his life and career. Living with multiple invisible disabilities, including chronic fatigue and narcolepsy, he made the intentional decision to embrace his disability openly and redirect his professional expertise toward advocacy. What began as a personal reckoning became a renewed purpose: to ensure others would not have to navigate disbelief, stigma, or exclusion alone.
Eric holds advanced degrees across healthcare administration, business, organizational leadership, and theological studies, with continued graduate work focused on disability, education, and leadership. His interdisciplinary background allows him to connect research, policy, faith, and lived experience in meaningful and accessible ways.
He is the founder of XTERMIGATOR Kids, an inclusive and sensory-friendly children’s book series designed to help children and families understand unseen disabilities through empathy, storytelling, and belonging. The series reflects his belief that early education is key to dismantling ableism and that accommodations are not favors—but rights.
Never forget where you’re going, never forget where you’ve been, and always remember to turn around and help someone else get to where you are today.
In addition to his advocacy and authorship, Eric serves as President of LI Against Domestic Violence, President of the Nations University Alumni Association, and a Board Member of the Hellenic American University Alumni Association. Across all roles, he brings a justice-oriented lens informed by compassion and lived experience.
Eric considers his proudest role to be that of father to his son, Tyler Stavros, who also lives with unseen disabilities. Tyler’s resilience and strength inspired one of Eric’s guiding truths: “A disability doesn’t need to be an inability—it can be your greatest superpower.”
As an Invisible Disabilities Association Ambassador, Eric is committed to visibility, systemic change, and reminding the world that not all strength is visible—but it is always real.
