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RespectAbility’s Disability Training and Speakers Bureau is a key tool in making your organization welcoming and inclusive of people with physical, sensory, cognitive, mental health or other disabilities!
Our focus is a Big IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access). We want to help you grow and reach your goals. With our Big IDEA, you can count on us for:
- Authentic and knowledgeable voices of people with disabilities speaking to your organization, teams and Employee Resource Groups. 100 percent of our talented speakers have disabilities themselves.
- Trained experts from diverse disability and intersectional backgrounds who bring their lived experience and insight to trainings and discussions that will advance your ability to create intentionally accessible places and communities.
RespectAbility helps companies, nonprofits and educational organizations reach a better future where people with disabilities’ authentic experiences, innovations and dedication can flourish.
Consider these facts:
- Seven million children and one-in-four adults in the U.S. live with a disability.
- The majority of people have a loved one with a disability.
- According to Nielsen Research, “consumers with disabilities including their families, friends and associates, represent a $1 trillion market segment. Americans with disabilities represent the third-largest market behind Baby Boomers and the mature market.”
Proven accessibility strategies help maximize workforce productivity. Did you know:
- You likely already have employees with disabilities, as 75% of those with disabilities have nonvisible disabilities, such as diabetes, anxiety and ADHD;
- People with disabilities are the largest untapped workforce population in the country; and
- Multiple studies show that workers with disabilities improve the profitability and innovation of companies offering adequate accommodations.
Our Disability Training and Speakers Bureau can help you prepare for all of these benefits.
Meet The Speakers
Legislative Advocate
Musician
Filmmaker
Disability Advocate and Aspiring Social Worker
Disability and Nonprofit Advocate
Educator and Athlete
Low-Vision Audio Description and Disability Rights Advocate
Baker
Director of The Disability Information Network, Writer, Advocate
Employment Discrimination Attorney and Disability Rights and Inclusion Expert
Emmy-Nominated Producer and Co-Founder, Slamdance Film Festival Unstoppable program
Aerospace Software Engineer, Artist, and Inventor
Entertainment Disability Advocate
Disability Advocate
Entrepreneur
Writer
DEI Consultant amplifying disability inclusion in the workplace
Attorney
Labor and Employment Attorney
One of The Forward’s "Most Inspiring Rabbis"
Engineer for Bausch & Lomb
Musical artist, YouTube creator, and TV series personality
Disability Advocate
Minister, Author and Mental Health Advocate
Human rights expert, scholar on inclusive and accessible smart cities
Public Health Professional and Disability/Neurodiversity Advocate
Filmmaker and Mental Health Advocate
Communications Associate, RespectAbility
Internationally Acclaimed Award-Winning Poet
Asset Management Professional
Disability and Jewish Advocate
Healthcare Consultant
Expert in Business, Entrepreneurship, Mediation and Facilitation
Sports Broadcaster
Deaf Advocate and Historian
Ms. Wheelchair New York 2018, Life Coach and Education Author
Entrepreneur & Employment Disability Inclusion Expert
Entertainment Disability Advocate
Public Health Professional
SVP, RespectAbility & Author of the Hollywood Disability Inclusion Toolkit | Award-Winning Disability Inclusion & Accessibility Expert
Dancer
Attorney, Producer and Entertainment Disability Advocate
Disability Advocate
Entertainment and News Media Associate, RespectAbility
