Monthly Employment Update for People with Disabilities According to the latest National Trends In Disability Employment (nTIDE) report: The labor force participation rate for people with disabilities grew from 39.6% in January 2023 to 40.5% in January 2024. This continues an upward trend we have observed throughout the past year and remains close to the all-time highs. [click to continue...]
https://vimeo.com/914519366 Read transcript We celebrated the work of Jewish disabled writers and filmmakers. Learn from Asha Chai-Chang, a two-time Netflix writer/director Fellow and Emmy nominated producer; Eden Hadad, a writer/director with a penchant for crafting cinematic tales about bad people with good hearts; and Ava Rigelhaupt, a writer, consultant, actress, public speaker, and advocate for [click to continue...]
https://vimeo.com/911595112 Read transcript Download PowerPoint This workshop, the first in a four-part series from the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) Religion and Spirituality Interest Network and RespectAbility, provided a view of trauma from the perspective of the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. It explored the sources of trauma and the common [click to continue...]
Rabbi Julia Watts Belser joined us in conversation about her new book Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole. In Loving Our Own Bones, which was the 2024 Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month (JDAIM) Book Club Selection, Julia brings Jewish sacred texts into relationship with disability culture to deepen conversations about disability, spirituality, and social justice.
State legislatures all over the United States are introducing new bills or continuing to pursue those that were left unfinished in 2023. RespectAbility is closely monitoring several bills at the state level. In Washington, SB 5616 aims to establish the Nothing About Us Without Us Act, while Colorado’s HB 24-1067 seeks to clarify that many [click to continue...]
RespectAbility Gets Down To Business On Our 2024 Federal Policy Priorities RespectAbility’s policy staff is championing four pieces of legislation related to employment, voting accessibility, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and technology accessibility. They are advocating for the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA), Accessible Voting Act (AVA), SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act, and the [click to continue...]
According to the latest National Trends In Disability Employment (nTIDE) report: The labor force participation rate for people with disabilities grew from 39.0% in December 2022 to 40.8% in December 2023. This continues an upward trend we have observed throughout the past year. Workers without disabilities increased their labor force participation rate from 76.9% in December [click to continue...]
RespectAbility and the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) have commented on proposed changes to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. These changes could under-count people with disabilities, affecting funding for Medicare, Medicaid, and vocational rehabilitation. CCD urges a pause to maintain data accuracy. An accurate census process It is important to ensure that [click to continue...]
Date: Thursday, April 25 Time: 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT Duration: 60 minutes Register Online Join NACDL and RespectAbility for an engaging webinar on welcoming and including people with disabilities at your organization as staff, leaders, and other key stakeholders. The session will cover best practices in fostering accessible, equitable, and inclusive organizational cultures and workplaces, from [click to continue...]
