Below, find a list of some articles where RespectAbility was part of the conversation.
2024
- “How to Build an Accessible Synagogue” (Lilith, May 2024)
- “RespectAbility launches a training program for kids animation scribes” (Kidscreen, May 2024)
- “RespectAbility Expands Entertainment Lab From Six Weeks to Five Months” (The Hollywood Reporter, May 2024)
- “Check Out Ariel Simms’s Story” (VoyageLA, March 2024)
- “Are Shows Like ‘The Good Doctor’ and ‘Love on the Spectrum’ Helping or Hurting Autism Awareness?” (Rolling Stone, February 2024)
- “Disability Inclusion May Have a Racial Bias” (SHRM, February 2024)
- “Slamdance panel was ‘Unstoppable’” (Park Record, January 2024)
- “2023 Emmys Ties Record for Most Winning Actors of Color” (The Hollywood Reporter, January 2024)
2023
- “Linda Burger elected board chair of RespectAbility” (Jewish Herald Voice, August 2023)
- “Having A Disability Is Just Part Of Living Life In New Netflix Animated Series ‘Mech Cadets’” (Forbes, August 2023)
- “Culture Shift: What Community-Based Nonprofits Are Doing During the Strikes” (The Hollywood Reporter, August 2023)
- “RespectAbility Sets 2023 Entertainment Lab Fellows” (The Hollywood Reporter, June 2023)
- “Focus on disability rights growing, but intersectional support lags” (Philanthropy News Digest, April 2023)
- “Disney Branded Television’s ‘Firebuds’ Addresses Disability Representation In Upcoming Episodes” (Deadline, March 2023)
- “Disney’s ‘Firebuds’ Wants To Show People Young And Old Disability Representation Is, In Fact, Diversity” (Forbes, March 2023)
2022
- “Stigmas Surrounding the Disability Community with Ariel Simms” (Barrier Free Futures Podcast, October 2022)
- “Why Belonging Matters” (SHRM, October 2022)
- “RespectAbility Unveils Virtual Entertainment Lab Fellows” (The Hollywood Reporter, August 2022)
- “Netflix Partners With RespectAbility on New Program for Disabled Children’s Content Writers and Animators” (Variety, August 2022)
- “Non-profit ‘RespectAbility’ holds summer Entertainment Lab” (Fox News, July 2022)
- “RespectAbility on Hollywood disability representation this past year” (Fox News, July 2022)
- “‘Best Foot Forward’ Is a Story About, and by, People With Disabilities” (The New York Times, July 2022)
- “RespectAbility Announces 2022 Entertainment Lab Participants” (The Hollywood Reporter, June 2022)
- “Accessibility Gains From the Pandemic Shouldn’t Be Forgotten, Advocates Say” (CNET News, May 2022)
- “3 disabled workers share how ‘returning to normal’ makes work inaccessible” (Fast Company, May 2022)
- “Many Long COVID Patients Identify as Disabled and Feelings Are Complicated” (VeryWell Mind, May 2022)
- “‘Pandora,’ a 5-minute movie made by people with disabilities, shows why representation matters” (Upworthy, April 2022)
- “Back to normal? For this family, the COVID-19 threat hasn’t gone away” (Los Angeles Times, April 2022)
- “What Life Is Like for Autistic Workers” (SHRM, April 2022)
- “RSS Lite ’22: Panel discusses diversity and authenticity in documentary” (Realscreen, February 2022)
- “RespectAbility Opens Applications for Fourth Annual Entertainment Lab; Expands To Two Cohorts” (Deadline, February 2022)
- “TV Shows Featuring Fewer Characters With Disabilities, Report Finds” (Disability Scoop, February 2022)
- “Remote Work Increases Accessibility, Widens Talent Pool” (Government Technology, February 2022)
- “‘I hadn’t seen roles like this’: TV strives to give autism the accurate portrayal it deserves” (USA Today, January 2022)
2021
- “Untrained blind student lands starring role in Netflix second world war epic” (The Guardian, December 2021)
- “New Report Reveals Disabled U.S. Audiences Feel Onscreen Portrayals Are Inaccurate & Too Simplistic” (Deadline, October 2021)
- “Disability inclusion efforts in Hollywood range from authentic casting to opportunities behind-the-scenes” (Fox News, August 2021)
- “TV Lags Far Behind Film in Disability Representation, Nielsen/RespectAbility Study Reveals (EXCLUSIVE)” (Variety, July 2021)
- “Study Shows More Disability Stories Onscreen, but Few Disabled Actors” (The New York Times, July 2021)
- “Final Draft Partners With RespectAbility for Entertainment Lab” (The Hollywood Reporter, July 2021)
- “‘I am not ashamed’: Disability advocates, experts implore you to stop saying ‘special needs’” (USA Today, June 2021)
- “RespectAbility Announces Entertainment Lab Participants” (The Hollywood Reporter, May 2021)
- “‘What Do You Pray For?’ challenges disability stereotypes” (Jerusalem Post, April 2021)
- “Hollywood Grapples With Autism Portrayals Onscreen: ‘This Is a Responsibility You Need to Take Really Seriously’” (The Hollywood Reporter, February 2021)
- “Disability advocate frames conversation about inclusion in Pittsburgh” (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, February 2021)
- “RespectAbility Sets Accessibility and Inclusion Lab Conversation Series at Sundance” (The Hollywood Reporter, January 2021)
- “RespectAbility Kicks Off Sundance Programs” (Variety, January 2021)
