People with disabilities want to work, they have skills that they can bring to the table, and if given the chance at a position that fits their skills, they can excel. On A&E’s groundbreaking new series The Employables, premiering on May 15th, viewers will see these three facts come to life. Each episode of The [click to continue...]
“Disability in Philanthropy & Nonprofits: A Study on the Inclusion and Exclusion of the 1-in-5 People Who Live with a Disability and What You Can Do to Make Things Better” Read the webinar transcript – Coming Soon Download the accessible PowerPoint Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions About Our Speakers: As a [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions About Our Speaker: Frances West is an internationally recognized thought leader, speaker, strategy advisor, and women-in-technology trailblazer known for her work in innovation, technology, and business transformation. She is the founder of FrancesWestCo, a global strategy advisory company focused on operationalizing inclusion [click to continue...]
Los Angeles, California, April 15 – Tatiana Lee has been working on improving representation of disabilities in media for years through acting, modeling, blogging, and activism. Her latest project is a new short film called Head Trip, filmed and edited in one weekend as an entry for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. The competition gives filmmakers [click to continue...]
3,000+ Experts from 70+ Countries Involved Washington, D.C., March 27 – RespectAbility, a United States based nonprofit organization fighting stigmas and advancing opportunities for and with people with disabilities, was recognized for “Innovative Practice 2019 on Independent Living and Political Participation for People with Disabilities” at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria. The prize is [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions This webinar featured a discussion with RespectAbility President Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, Senior Advisor Matan Koch, and Executive Committee Board Member Vivian Bass about our exciting new initiative, Project Moses. Project Moses is dedicated to creating a leadership pipeline of [click to continue...]
Los Angeles, California, Feb, 20 – This week on NBC, America’s Got Talent: The Champions crowned Shin Lim as the winner of the title “Best In The World.” But there were plenty of other winners on the show, including several talented acts with disabilities who returned to the Got Talent stage to perform for the world once [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript – Coming Soon Download the accessible PowerPoint – Coming Soon Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions – Coming Soon About Our Speaker: Shelly Christensen, MAA, FAAIDD is an award-winning author, speaker, consultant, and leader in the field of faith community inclusion of people with disabilities and mental health conditions. [click to continue...]
Washington, D.C., Dec. 3 – On November 30, 2018, America lost a champion for people with disabilities, President George H.W. Bush. In 1990, Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law, which prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities. The law improved the lives of millions of Americans with disabilities. “Among President George H.W. Bush’s [click to continue...]
Featuring Special Guests James Emmett, Lead Strategist, Workplace Initiative, Poses Family Foundation and Meg O’Connell, PHR, CEO & Founder, Global Disability Inclusion Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions Our speakers are two innovators, thought leaders and subject matter experts when it comes to [click to continue...]
