Washington, DC. At a time when 70% of working age Americans with disabilities are outside of the workforce and more than 9 million working age Americans with disabilities are living on government benefits, Congress will vote on bi-partisan, bicameral legislation to increase opportunities for people with disabilities. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (H.R. 803) [click to continue...]
Washington, D.C. – The Washington DCJCC, with more than 25 years of proven leadership in providing safe outstanding volunteer service opportunities, and RespectAbilityUSA, a non-profit organization working to empower people with disabilities to achieve the American dream, are thrilled to announce the formation of community service opportunities for Washington area Middle and High School students [click to continue...]
As you know, RespectAbility works to empower people with disabilities to achieve the American dream. We have learned that a barrier to civil rights is that elite private schools – places where children of current leaders and influential people go to train to be leaders themselves – do not frequently welcome children with disabilities. We [click to continue...]
New Poll of 3839 People in Disability Community Shows: 3 out of 4 people with disabilities surveyed value a job and independence over government benefits (no partisan split) Disability community sites employer perceptions that they will be “less successful than someone without a disability” as primary barrier to jobs Disability community names top ways to [click to continue...]
