Alix Generous (born 1992) is a mental health activist, speaker, and writer. Her TED talk “My Inner Life…” has received over 1.6 million views. Her works have been featured on NPR, Bloomberg Businessweek, TEDx, and the Sydney Opera House. Through high impact media, comedy, and clinical expertise, she advocates on a wide range of issues concerning mental and developmental disabilities. She grew up in Washington DC. In 2016, She graduated from the College of Charleston & The University of Vermont where she studied Psychology, Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience.
Because of all she’s had to overcome, she lives and breathes what she speaks and will change the world perspective of disabilities and the human rights associated without anybody’s permission. She owns a company called Generous & CO, LLC (Founded in 2016, launching in 2019) that will aid her in this mission.