Advocating for the disability community takes our policy team all over the country and the Indianapolis State Capitol is only the latest stop for State Policy Manager Jimmy Fremgen! Jimmy was in Indy for the 2023 Legislative Summit of the National Conference of State Legislatures and met with legislators and potential policy partners from across [click to continue...]
https://vimeo.com/864531031 Read transcript Download PowerPoint Take The Survey and Help Us Present Future Webinars Educators at all grade levels and in different venues continue to be limited and scarce. However, there is an untapped pool of educators with disabilities, and a tremendous opportunity for disabled people to pursue education as their chosen career. In the [click to continue...]
https://vimeo.com/858670403 Read transcript Download PowerPoint In a world where there is a severe shortage of clinical professionals, disabled people are not only a ready source of talent but a source of insight and innovation. In the first part of RespectAbility’s three-part Road to NDEAM webinar series, learn from three medical professionals with disabilities about how [click to continue...]
August 17 – RespectAbility is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing accountability and transparency has earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator. This rating designates RespectAbility as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that our organization is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s criteria. Charity Navigator is America’s [click to continue...]
The August 8th event featured speakers who challenged our audience to address academic elitism in health education, reimagining an educational system that supports all students and trainees as they learn to care for a diverse patient population. Within the context of the historical and contemporary forces that have shaped the current medical workforce landscape in [click to continue...]
Los Angeles, July 27 – As RespectAbility enters its second decade fighting stigmas and advancing opportunities, the organization is proud to announce that Linda L. Burger has been elected as its first female Chair of the Board of Directors. Additionally, Christine Cadena and Paul Martin have been elected to the Board of Directors after serving [click to continue...]
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