https://vimeo.com/1020300535 Communication is essential to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace and ensuring a seamless and collaborative accommodation process. In a webinar with the Job Accommodation Network (AskJAN), Disability Belongs™ shared key strategies and resources to help employers navigate accommodation discussions with confidence. Reasonable accommodations help unlock employee potential, enhance workplace productivity, and support a [click to continue...]
At Disability Belongs™, eliminating barriers to work and advancing competitive, integrated employment (CIE) is one of our top policy priorities. We are committed to ensuring all workers are valued and paid fairly in inclusive workplaces. The path to fair wages and inclusive employment for disabled workers is a challenging one, but with your continued support [click to continue...]
What are ABLE Accounts? Established more than a decade ago, ABLE accounts are savings and/or investment options which allow qualified individuals with disabilities to save up to $100,000 without losing eligibility for Social Security and other government benefits. Medicaid eligibility is retained regardless of the account balance. Interest earned is tax-free. As of September 2024, [click to continue...]
As a nonpartisan, disability-led, and majority-disabled organization, Disability Belongs™ is deeply committed to dismantling systemic biases and barriers that cause harm, perpetuate discrimination, and, in some cases, even lead to violence against our community. Recent news has highlighted harmful and dangerous rhetoric, which portrays individuals with disabilities as “less than” our non-disabled peers and demonizes [click to continue...]
Nickelodeon, in partnership with Disability Belongs™, is proud to introduce two valuable new resources: Educators’ Guide to Disability Inclusion and A Family Guide to Disability Inclusion. These guides are thoughtfully written and designed to help families and educators deepen their understanding of disability inclusion, spark meaningful conversations, and explore fun activities that encourage reflection on [click to continue...]
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Disability Belongs™ is the proud recipient of the 2024 Moxie Award in the nonprofit category. The Moxie Awards recognize organizations that are “innovative, fearless, and willing to embrace risks.”
https://vimeo.com/1025442326 Read transcript Following the pandemic and strikes, getting a job in the entertainment industry is increasingly difficult. Disability Belongs™ hosted a series of conversations with two studio partners to learn about ways in which they are trying to help disabled creatives find employment. The first conversation, shared above, featured Warner Bros. Discovery’s Grace Moss [click to continue...]
https://vimeo.com/1022988448?share=copy Read transcript Watch trailer With one-in-five people having a disability in the U.S. today, the lack of representation – less than two percent in children’s television – means that millions of children are unable to see themselves in media today. DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures, and Amblin Entertainment’s “Jurassic World: Chaos Theory” is helping to [click to continue...]
https://vimeo.com/1021812324 Read transcript Benigno Aceves, the State Office Program Specialist, Business Relations for Texas Workforce Commission, Vocational Rehabilitation Division discussed the We Hire Ability program, which recognizes Texas employers who are committed to hiring people with disabilities and their efforts to create an inclusive workforce. Samantha Moreno, Disability Bridges Program Manager at H-E-B, discussed the [click to continue...]
