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RespectAbility Staff
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The 16th Annual “VIRTUAL” California Disability Advocacy Conference inspires, educates, and empowers attendees to become advocates for Californians with developmental disabilities. The conference is presented by The Arc of California, Easterseals and United Cerebral Palsy. Each year, the conference features nationally-known speakers who have been trailblazers for promoting policies that improve the disability system, enabling [click to continue...]
RespectAbility was pleased to partner with with Katriel Nopoulos, Fellow Noah Strauss, and OneTable to celebrate Shabbat in ASL. Shabbat in ASL featured music, community, storytelling, light, food, and conversation. RespectAbility’s Senior Director of Faith Inclusion, Shelly Christensen, joined Katriel and Noah as we welcomed Shabbat together.
Read transcript Advancing opportunities means that we take down barriers to education, employment, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement and create pipelines to enable disabled individuals to lead the lives of their choosing. Watch the recording of this fireside chat and learn from members of our Staff and two of our key partners about our work in [click to continue...]
WIN Summit is a unique opportunity to develop negotiation skills to better equip women to advocate for themselves and their companies. RespectAbility SVP Lauren Appelbaum moderated the panel “Strength in Authenticity: Negotiating with a Disability.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZZP4fk2yS4 Cameron S. Mitchell returns to the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge for his third year with “Kryptonite,” starring Grammy-nominated R&B singer Shanice and Switched at Birth actor Ryan Lane. In this emotionally charged film, old flames Imani (Shanice) and Alex (Lane) reconnect at her concert after being estranged for two years. One has a secret [click to continue...]
