Prep Materials For New Fellows

All Fellows

Videos

• Stella Young TED Talk on Inspiration Porn
• Drunk History – Judy Heumann Fights for People with Disabilities
• Disability Etiquette Video
• Maysoon Zayid – 99 Problems and Cerebral Palsy is Just One
• The way we think about charity is dead wrong – Dan Pallotta

Intersectionality

• February: Black History Month
  • Highlighting African Americans with Disabilities in Honor of Black History Month (2021)
  • African Americans with Disabilities
• February: Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month
  • 2023 JDAIM Program Guide and Resources
• March: Women’s History Month
  • Women with Disabilities: Challenges, Opportunities, and Role Models (2021)
  • Women with Disabilities
• May: Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month
  • Recognizing Asian Americans with Disabilities in Honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (2021)
  • AAPI People with Disabilities
• June: LGBTQ+ Pride Month
  • Celebrating Approximately 5 Million LGBTQ+ People with Disabilities (2021)
  • LGBTQ+ People with Disabilities
• September: Hispanic Heritage Month
  • Highlighting Latinx People with Disabilities in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (2020)
  • Hispanic and Latinx People with Disabilities

Mental Health

• BTheOne – Montgomery County, MD Resources

Nonprofit Management Fellows

• How Foundations Can Ensure Diversity
• Ignorance Is the Enemy Within
• Ford’s Push on Disability Rights
• Tides PPT
• To Skim – RespectAbility California State Plan Comments
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation – Logic Model Development Guide
• Darren Walker, Gay Black Man, is One of the World’s Best Allies for People with Disabilities
• Release of Major Study on Intersection of Disability, Nonprofits and Philanthropy (webinar)
• Adding the “D” to Diversity: Enabling Foundations, Nonprofits and Partners to Include People with Disabilities (webinar)
• “Leaders of the Future” – Development: Foundations (webinar)

Policy Fellows

• Resources for Policy-Makers
• LA Jobs Toolkit
• People with Disabilities At Work
• The RespectAbility Report: 2020 Presidential Campaign
• Statistics
• #RespectTheAbility Campaign
• Work Matters
• The Future of Work and the Disability Community
• CSG Launches Stay-At-Work/Return-to Work Toolkit

Communications Fellows

• Accessible Virtual Events Toolkit
• How to Ensure Accessible Websites and Social Media (2020 – webinar)
• Premium Skills Workshop in Social Media Accessibility (2020 – webinar)
• National Center on Disability and Journalism: Disability Language Style Guide
• Disability’s Incompetent-but-Warm Stereotype Guides Selective Empathy – by Jennifer Wu and Susan T. Fiske (2019)
• Pitfalls Journalist Should Avoid When Writing About People with Disabilities (2018)
• What Journalists Can Do Better to Cover the Disability Beat (2017)

Entertainment and News Media Fellows

• Learn about RespectAbility’s Entertainment Media Consulting Team and our consulting work
• FOX News Digital Video: Disability inclusion efforts in Hollywood range from authentic casting to opportunities behind-the-scenes
• New Amsterdam Adds Sandra Mae Frank, Deaf Actress, as a Doctor (August 19, 2021)
• Percentage of Characters with Disabilities on TV Reaches 11-Year Record High (Jan 14, 2021)
• Entertainment Professionals with Disabilities Achieve Major Breakthrough that Will Help Millions (May 20, 2020)
  • View earlier piece in the campaign: Hollywood Professionals with Disabilities Help Millions Gain Safe Access to Food (May 14, 2020)
• Disability Portrayal on Screen Hits a Landmark High, Yet Reinforces Negative Stereotypes (2020)
• Hollywood Disability Inclusion Toolkit (2018)
  • Etiquette: Interacting with People with Disabilities (2018)
  • Terminology Tips (2018)
  • The Hollywood Disability Inclusion Toolkit (2018 – webinar)
• Netflix’s Newest Series Takes Disability Inclusion to a New Level (2020)
• Earthquake Scenario on 9-1-1 Includes Storyline with Student with Cerebral Palsy (2018)
  • Please note how we use the show to then make a bigger point important to individuals with disabilities.
• Short Film about Playground Inclusion wins International Acclaim (2018)
  • This is an example of a piece a previous Fellow wrote that was viewed more than 570,000 times.
• Read more blog posts re: entertainment media here: https://www.respectability.org/category/hollywood-inclusion

Civic Engagement Fellows

• Nine Tips for Political Candidates: How to Connect with Voters with Disabilities (May 2020)
• New Battleground Poll Data Shows Disability Community is Large and Electorally Contested (March 2020)
• 2020 Disability Voter Guide (January 2020)
• The RespectAbility Report: 2020 Presidential Campaign (2020)
• Majority of Voters Have Disability Connections (October 2019)
• Candidates Who Support Opportunities for People with Disabilities Won Big (2018)
• Results of New National Poll of Voters with and without Disabilities (2018 – webinar)
• Make a Difference for People with Disabilities in the 2016 Presidential Campaign (2016 – webinar)

Faith Inclusion and Belonging Fellows

• Faith Inclusion Resources
• A Primer on Making the Jewish Community Inclusive
• WEBINAR: Disability Inclusion Planning Toolkit Workshop
• Training: Inclusion as a Jewish Value (2020 – webinar)
• Jewish Leadership for the Future (2019 – webinar)
• RespectAbility 2018 National Jewish Disability Inclusion Survey (2018 – webinar)
• Barriers Unseen: Removing the Fragrance Barrier
• Getting Started on the Roadmap to Inclusion
• Blindness and Low-Vision: Inclusion Recommendations for Synagogues
• I’ve Never Heard Of That Disability: What Do I Do?
• Welcoming A Person Who Is Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing
• Why Inclusion Matters