Tomorrow I turn 50!!! I am so blessed in what I experienced these first 50 years. Amazing. I plan to live until 100, so tomorrow I start the next half of my life.In the future I want to be a better family member and friend to the people I love, and to continue to fight for people with [click to continue...]
Jonah Selber Philadelphia, PA – Jonah Selber, who was born with a developmental disability, is a longtime, successful employee of Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals where he serves as an office assistant in the Information Systems Department. He loves his job and never takes it for granted. Unlike 70% of working age Americans with disabilities who are out of the workforce, Jonah has been working [click to continue...]
New Toolkit for Policy Makers/Leaders Released Along with Poll/Focus Group Research Report: America at Risk: Job Crisis for People with Disabilities – Views on Solutions from 3839 People on the Front Lines Washington, DC. RespectAbilityUSA, a non-profit organization working to empower people with disabilities to achieve the American dream, is proud to release a new toolkit for policy [click to continue...]
America at Risk- Job Crisis for People With Disabilities — Views on Solutions From 3839 People on the Front…
Yesterday, in a horrible hate crime, a man yelled “Heil Hitler” at the Jewish Community Center in Kansas City and then murdered three innocent people because he saw them as “the other”. My prayers are with the victims and their families. Hitler didn’t “just” kill Jews — he was a mass murderer who also killed people with disabilities and others [click to continue...]
Washington, D.C. – RespectAbilityUSA, a non-profit organization working to empower people with disabilities to achieve the American dream, is proud to release a toolkit for job seekers with disabilities. Unlike employment outcomes for women, African Americans and Hispanics, which have been improving over time, the gap between employment rates of those with and without disabilities [click to continue...]
Washington, D.C. – RespectAbilityUSA, a non-profit organization working to empower people with disabilities to achieve the American dream, is proud to release a toolkit for policy leaders on employment for people with disabilities. The toolkit is important because: More than 9 million working age Americans with disabilities survive on benefits, which costs taxpayers billions. The [click to continue...]
Watch the webinar on YouTube with captions The release of RespectAbility’s poll data of nearly 4,000 individuals in the disability community regarding employment and other key issues.
ABILITY Awareness, in conjunction with the United Nations’ Department of Public Information hosted a panel discussion: The Art of Engagement. The event will take place on Friday July 19th as part of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The panel is described as, an entertaining approach to building awareness through music, theater, [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation (COMING SOON) Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions Learn more about JFGH and MOST. Vivian G. Bass is the Chief Executive Officer of The Jewish Foundation for Group Homes (JFGH), a non-sectarian, nonprofit agency based in Rockville, Maryland. She has been committed for over [click to continue...]
