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Wednesday, April 29th, 2015 Honorable Committee, Thank you for your leadership in understanding the challenges of meeting the needs of individuals with disabilities served by home and community-based services (HCBS). RespectAbility is a nonprofit working to enable people with disabilities to achieve the American dream, just like anyone else. There are 20 million working age [click to continue...]

Building a Better Baltimore and Beyond

My heart is bleeding for the people of Baltimore and other communities who are struggling with challenges. We have been paying attention to police violence in Maryland for some time. While we focus on disability issues, we are all a part of our community overall. When a young man with Down syndrome was killed by [click to continue...]

Please see the story below about Jeb Bush, who has not yet officially announced his candidacy, doing an event tomorrow to celebrate the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act in Mississippi.  Earlier Gov. Phil Bryant made Mississippi Employment First for people with disabilities. Also make sure to read our piece about Hillary Clinton’s video failing [click to continue...]

RespectAbilityUrges Hillary: Don’t Forget People with Disabilities!  Washington, D.C. – Yesterday the Hillary Clinton campaign released its launch video, which included many different individuals and families who represented diversity in America. But nowhere in the video could you see anyone with a disability. This is a key voting group across America, including the four first [click to continue...]

Honorable Committee, Thank you for your leadership on expanding opportunities through the successful implementation of WIOA. As you know from my previous testimony, my name is Jennifer Mizrahi and I am the President of RespectAbility, a national nonprofit working to enable people with disabilities to achieve the American dream. We know that people with disabilities [click to continue...]

Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions RespectAbility shares results from focus groups in the DC area and Houston and a poll of 2000 American Jews on the state of inclusion of people with disabilities in the Jewish community. Hear insights and findings that will [click to continue...]

Washington, DC. As presidential candidates and political leaders gather for CPAC, RespectAbility, a non profit, non partisan organization devoted to empowering people with disabilities to achieve the American dream, urged candidates from all parties to put people with disabilities into the “Opportunity Agenda.” Said Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, President of RespectAbility, “Our nation was founded on [click to continue...]

Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions Read the article in Business Wire David Scott is Director of Sales at the award winning Embassy Suites and the Courtyard by Marriott Hotels in Omaha-La Vista, Nebraska. The hotels are model inclusive employers which have garnered recognition [click to continue...]

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