Learn how you can access a $1 trillion market – the disability community! Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions With Hollywood striving to boost diversity and inclusion, opening the inclusion umbrella for America’s largest minority – the one-in-five Americans with a disability – [click to continue...]
Best Actress in a Leading Role makes call for more inclusion. Authentic representation of disability wins Best Live Action Short. Best Picture Winner goes to film with actor playing a disability she doesn’t have. Diversity and inclusion segment omits people with disabilities. Los Angeles, Calif., March 5 – In a historic call for more information, [click to continue...]
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Time: 8:30 A.M. Breakfast was provided. Location: Glendale, CA Contact: Lauren Appelbaum, laurena@respectability.org or 202-591-0703 Jonathan Murray of Bunim/Murray hosted this breakfast conversation. Murray has created and executive produced some of the industry’s most diverse, innovative, unscripted, entertainment television programs including Emmy-winning Born This Way (A&E), which documents the lives of diverse young adults with Down Syndrome [click to continue...]
Date: July 30, 2018, 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM Location: Rayburn Building, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Featuring: RespectAbility’s Excellence in Journalism Awards Joe Shapiro Correspondent, NPR Investigations Judy Woodruff Host, PBS NewsHour Fighting Implicit Bias Through TV and Film Jeanette Betancourt SVP, U.S. Social Impact, Sesame Workshop Rachel Dretzin Director, Far From the Tree Crystal R. Emery [click to continue...]
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Congregation Har Shalom: 11510 Falls Rd, Potomac, MD 20854 RespectAbility, in partnership with Congregation Har Shalom, is proud to present the acclaimed film “Spectrum: A Story of the Mind” on Tuesday, February 27 at 7:00 p.m. in a sneak-peek preview event for the 2018 ReelAbilities Film [click to continue...]
Grey’s Anatomy has never been a show to shy away from social commentary. In the era of #MeToo and the focus on gender inequality, Dr. Miranda Bailey (played by Chandra Wilson) fights for herself when she is having a heart attack – and shatters stigma against Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). OCD is a common, chronic and [click to continue...]
View 2021 Release: https://www.respectability.org/2021/02/black-history-month-2021. Rockville Md., Feb. 5 – As we celebrate Black History Month, which takes place every February, RespectAbility recognizes the contributions made and the important presence of African Americans to the United States. It is important to note this includes more than 5.6 million African Americans living with a disability in the [click to continue...]
While Dr. Glassman serves as Dr. Murphy’s mentor, now that Murphy is a successful adult, how involved should Glassman be in his personal life? Rockville, Md., Jan. 22 – The mid-season premiere of The Good Doctor opens with Dr. Shaun Murphy running away from conflict based on what his mentor Dr. Aaron Glassman believes is [click to continue...]
Jewish Disability Advocacy Day took place on February 6, 2018. Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Location: Capitol Hill: Rayburn House Office Building, Rooms 2043, 2044, & 2045
Beverly Hills, Dec. 21 – Recently, Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement have put a lot of attention on abuse in Hollywood. Long overdue conversations are taking place on how Hollywood can not only talk the talk, but also walk the walk, about vital issues. At the same time, Hollywood has an opportunity to walk the walk on [click to continue...]
