About RAMPD

RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities) is a professional consultancy group and networking platform amplifying Disability Culture and inclusion within the music industry.

RAMPD's Mission is to equip the music, sound, and live entertainment industries with the tools needed to empower working music creators and professionals with disabilities, neurodivergence and other chronic or mental health conditions. Through career development, innovative partnerships, and educational resources, we champion representation, equity, and an inclusive creative ecosystem.

Founded in May of 2021 (and established January 2022) by award-winning recording artist and cultural activist Lachi, RAMPD came about after a public talk between the Recording Academy and several music professionals with disabilities revealed a lack of disability visibility, access, and representation.

RAMPD has since partnered with the GRAMMY's to make music's biggest night more disability-inclusive, helping push for a visible ramp to the stage, sign language on the red carpet, and more at the telecast ceremony, partnered with Live Nation among others on our DisCo House events, partnering with Netflix on career development opportunities, and finding visibility in Good Morning America, NYTimes and Billboard. RAMPD also offers trainings and comms consultations to music giants, working to make the industry more accommodating from the inside. In 2022 RAMPD was named a Zero Project Honoree at the United Nations for its innovative solutions, in 2023 was named a Music Business Association Agent of Change, and in 2024, USA Today named Lachi a “Woman of the Year” for leading RAMPD's efforts. RAMPD's member development initiatives are fiscally sponsored by the Stacey Park Milbern Disability Justice Fund.

Disability Culture: RAMPD defines Disability Culture as the art, music, words, and creative contributions of people who identify as disabled. It is rooted in creativity, determination and problem solving and is a vibrant counter-response to society's marginalization and oppression, and deserves to be celebrated.

Disability: RAMPD's view on disability is big tent, meaning we are inclusive of and advocates for all forms of disabilities, including neurodivergence, chronic and mental health conditions, all physical, sensory, cognitive and intellectual disabilities, d/Deafness and hard of hearing, rare diseases and the immune compromised. We do not define disability by diagnosis, but by identity, as not everyone is able to receive a proper diagnosis. Furthermore disability identity is not limited to the medical model lens, but expands to both the social and cultural models of disability.