Washington, D.C., March 26 – As we celebrate Women’s History Month, RespectAbility recognizes the important contributions made by women and people of other marginalized gender identities this month, every month, and throughout the history of the United States. 22 Million Women Live with Disabilities in the U.S. The Census Bureau estimates that there are, in [click to continue...]
Download PowerPoint How do you determine ways to support individual spiritual and religious preferences? Evergreen Life Services has developed its own spiritual assessment practice. This presentation described how Evergreen utilizes its successful approach to support an individual’s preferences and participation in their chosen spiritual and religious expressions. The assessments include targeted questions that help create [click to continue...]
Last year, former RespectAbility Apprentice Christina Lisk interviewed Roy Payan, the first-ever recipient of the Justin W. Chappell Memorial Award. Nominations are now open for the 2023 Justin Chappell Memorial Award and the 2023 Steve Bartlett Award – learn more! Read Transcript
Washington, D.C., January 19 – RespectAbility is pleased to announce that nominations for the second-annual Justin Chappell Memorial Award and Steve Bartlett Award are now open and will close on April 14th. Award winners will receive $1,000 and be honored in a public ceremony celebrating RespectAbility’s ten-year anniversary. “As we launch the celebration of our [click to continue...]
Date: Wednesday, April 19 Time: 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT / 12 p.m. MT / 11 a.m. PT Register Online In the I/DD provider world we often see faith communities as merely the places our clients go for religious services. Faith communities have so much to offer, both to the people we support [click to continue...]
Date: Wednesday, May 17 Time: 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT / 12 p.m. MT / 11 a.m. PT Register Online Throughout the pandemic, technology solutions provided opportunities for people with I/DD and their families to participate in what used to be inaccessible activities and environments. Today, tools such as virtual platforms, communication technologies, [click to continue...]
Read transcript To conclude our Disability History series, RespectAbility Apprentice Emily Tironi sat down for an interview with Tom Olin, the photographer who took many of the images used in the series. They had a conversation about the history of the disability rights movement and what Tom thinks other activists should focus on going forward.
Read transcript As we celebrate October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), RespectAbility is excited to share our Employer Spotlight Series, to take a closer look at how various employers are prioritizing disability inclusion. We were proud to celebrate Alaska Airlines with Steve Nelson, Senior Diversity and Inclusion Specialist. Nelson shared how Alaska Airlines [click to continue...]
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