Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions Featuring Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, President, RespectAbility Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi is President of RespectAbilty, a non-profit organization working to empower people with disabilities to achieve the American Dream. She works regularly with national, state, and local policy leaders, workforce [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions Featuring Marty Linsky, author, The Art and Practice of Adaptive Leadership, Leadership on the Line, and others. Linsky has taught at the Harvard Kennedy School since 1982, except for 1992-95 when he served as Chief Secretary to Massachusetts [click to continue...]
Washington, D.C. – The Washington DCJCC, with more than 25 years of proven leadership in providing safe, outstanding volunteer service opportunities, and RespectAbilityUSA, a non-profit organization working to empower people with disabilities to achieve the American dream, are thrilled to announce the second summer of community service opportunities for Washington-area middle and high school students [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions Featuring J. Erin Riehle, founder and Director, Project SEARCH In 2013, 1,156,000 individuals from ages 13 to 25 received $8.7 billion in Supplemental Security Income benefits. These young people face distinct challenges in transitioning from school to work [click to continue...]
Best Practices in Youth Employment for People with Disabilities: Project SEARCH Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions
Bethesda, Maryland – States around America returned millions of dollars to the federal government that could have been used to enable people with disabilities to get jobs and careers. This is despite the fact that 70 percent of people with disabilities are out of the workforce, and disability benefits and healthcare are costing billions to taxpayers. Vocational [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions Featuring Dana Marlowe, Principal Partner and co-founder, Accessibility Partners LLC and Sharon Rosenblatt, Accessibility Partners LLC Dana Marlowe is an architect of inclusion and accessibility. She is the Principal Partner and co-founder of the company, Accessibility Partners LLC, a [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions Featuring Donna Meltzer, CEO, National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), and Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, President and CEO, RespectAbility Donna Meltzer is CEO of the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), a national nonprofit organization [click to continue...]
Wednesday, April 29th, 2015 Honorable Committee, Thank you for your leadership in understanding the challenges of meeting the needs of individuals with disabilities served by home and community-based services (HCBS). RespectAbility is a nonprofit working to enable people with disabilities to achieve the American dream, just like anyone else. There are 20 million working age [click to continue...]
My heart is bleeding for the people of Baltimore and other communities who are struggling with challenges. We have been paying attention to police violence in Maryland for some time. While we focus on disability issues, we are all a part of our community overall. When a young man with Down syndrome was killed by [click to continue...]
