Born This Way Takes Home Two More Emmy’s for Cinematography and First-Ever Emmy for Casting Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 11 – A&E Network’s critically acclaimed and award-winning original docuseries Born This Way’s honors keep adding up – showing that disability is a winning theme. This series starring a cast with disabilities, which received six Emmy nominations [click to continue...]
Real-Life Lessons from Real World Creator Jonathan Murray Rockville, Md., Aug. 22 – Jonathan Murray is widely credited for being the father of reality television and creative hand behind some of the most successful reality shows ever made. He has nurtured the reality TV industry, and over time has created a space where underrepresented groups [click to continue...]
Born This Way Nominated for Six 2017 Emmy Awards including Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program Rockville, Md., July 18 – For the cast of Emmy award-winning Born This Way and others with disabilities, acquiring a sense of financial stability is important in being able to live an independent life. Born This Way, a reality TV show just [click to continue...]
Watch #BornThisWay on A&E, Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. ET. View Education Resources on Disability Issues Rockville, Md., June 27 — In the U.S., schools were not required to provide special education until 1975. Today, the fight for inclusive education remains a constant battle for parents and students. Born This Way, a reality television show that [click to continue...]
Hosted by Lauren Appelbaum (@laurenappelbaum) of RespectAbility (@Respect_Ability), this Twitter chat will take a look at ideas explored in #BornThisWay by the young adults with Down syndrome and their parents. Tuesday, June 20, 2017, 10:00-11:00 pm ET Don’t have cable? You can livestream the show on A&E’s app. You can find the questions for this [click to continue...]
Watch #BornThisWay on A&E, Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. ET. View Sexual Education Resources for People with Disabilities. Rockville, Md., June 19 – Sexual education for young adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities is extremely important. Born This Way, a reality television show that stars seven diverse young adults with Down syndrome, is doing its part to [click to continue...]
Toolkit Includes Free Resources for Job Seekers with Disabilities and Employers Embracing Employees with Disabilities Washington, D.C., June 4 – In coordination with this Tuesday’s episode of Born This Way, RespectAbility has released the Born This Way Fan Guide with free resources for a variety of individuals with disabilities. The guide includes free tools, contacts, information [click to continue...]
Featuring Sandra Assimotos McElwee, mom of Born This Way cast member Sean – @purpose2inspire! Hosted by Lauren Appelbaum (@laurenappelbaum) of RespectAbility (@Respect_Ability), this Twitter chat will take a look at ideas explored in #BornThisWay by the young adults with Down syndrome and their parents. Tuesday, June 6, 2017, 10:00-11:00 pm ET Don’t have cable? You can [click to continue...]
Air Date: Tuesday, June 6 at 10 PM ET/9c on A&E TV Washington, D.C., June 3 – RespectAbility is known for identifying and sharing best practices around advancing education, inclusion, training and employment for people with disabilities. Rep. Brad Sherman, the 10-term Congressman, is known as a serious legislator. So what are they doing in [click to continue...]
Washington, D.C., June 1 – Rep. Brad Sherman, the 10-term Congressman, is known as a serious legislator. So what is he doing in a reality show made by the same company that created Keeping up with the Kardashians, Rob & Chyna and Total Divas? The reason is simple: he cohosted a major event in his [click to continue...]
