RespectAbility Staff

Elizabeth Kim to receive first-ever Ben Spangenberg and Justin Chappell Memorial Award at RespectAbility’s 10th Anniversary Celebration, sponsored by Wells Fargo Los Angeles, October 17 – The national disability advocacy nonprofit RespectAbility is announcing that after the sudden passing of long-serving staff member, Ben Spangenberg, on September 29, 2023, the Justin Chappell Memorial Award has [click to continue...]

https://vimeo.com/869253166 Read transcript Download PowerPoint Take The Survey and Help Us Present Future Webinars The current employment data indicates a large workforce shortage. Veterans with disabilities are a trained and reliable community, but common misconceptions about them are blocking the way to employment. In the third and final part of RespectAbility’s Road to NDEAM webinar [click to continue...]

Advocating for the disability community takes our policy team all over the country and the Indianapolis State Capitol is only the latest stop for State Policy Manager Jimmy Fremgen! Jimmy was in Indy for the 2023 Legislative Summit of the National Conference of State Legislatures and met with legislators and potential policy partners from across [click to continue...]

https://vimeo.com/864531031 Read transcript Download PowerPoint Take The Survey and Help Us Present Future Webinars Educators at all grade levels and in different venues continue to be limited and scarce. However, there is an untapped pool of educators with disabilities, and a tremendous opportunity for disabled people to pursue education as their chosen career. In the [click to continue...]

https://vimeo.com/858670403 Read transcript Download PowerPoint In a world where there is a severe shortage of clinical professionals, disabled people are not only a ready source of talent but a source of insight and innovation. In the first part of RespectAbility’s three-part Road to NDEAM webinar series, learn from three medical professionals with disabilities about how [click to continue...]