Frida Kahlo, a Mexican woman who had multiple disabilities including polio as a child and spinal and pelvis damage from a car accident, became a world-renowned self-portrait painter. She has since served as a role model for generations of artists, people with disabilities and bisexual women. Kahlo was married to artist Diego Rivera; each of [click to continue...]
Rockville, Maryland, May 29 – Sulam will recognize two community leaders for outstanding work as advocates for inclusion at its annual gala on June 3, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. ET at The Hotel at the University of Maryland in College Park. Both of these leaders share the vision of Sulam, which is to ensure that [click to continue...]
Building on Momentum as Capacity Grows, New Program Diversification Paves the Way for Greater Societal Impact Rockville, Maryland, May 11 – RespectAbility, a national nonprofit nonpartisan organization fighting stigmas and advancing opportunities for people with all types of disabilities in the United States, announces key expansion to its leadership team, the addition of new staff to continue [click to continue...]
Ads Feature a Diverse Group of People with Disabilities Rockville, Maryland, April 26 – A new series of PSAs is breaking ground on ensuring philanthropists are inclusive of people with disabilities. Representing a diverse group of people with disabilities, the stars speak directly to the camera in their own words. There was no script for [click to continue...]
RespectAbility and Norman Lear Center Unite to Help Hollywood Include People with Disabilities Los Angeles, Calif., April 18 – RespectAbility, a nonprofit organization fighting stigmas and advancing opportunities for people with disabilities, announces a new partnership with Hollywood, Health & Society (HH&S), a project of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center. The partnership will help [click to continue...]
Please join us for the next in-person convening of the Long Beach Community of Practice. Date: Thursday, April 26th, 2018 Time: 12pm-1:30pm Location: DeVry University – Long Beach Campus 3800 Kilroy Airport Way Room 109 Long Beach, CA 90806 Lunch will be provided.
Los Angeles, Calif., March 20 – As entertainment professionals across all platforms work to become more inclusive of minorities, RespectAbility, a nonprofit organization that fights stigma and advances opportunities for people with disabilities, announces the launch of “The Hollywood Disability Toolkit: The RespectAbility Guide to Inclusion in the Entertainment Industry.” The toolkit, which is available [click to continue...]
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Stodder, Tower26, (213) 393-42190 stodder.john@gmail.com SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED – YOU MUST BE ON THE LIST TO ENTER Actor/Model and Deaf Activist Nyle DiMarco Joins in Launch of Historic “Hollywood Disability Inclusion Toolkit” to Help Industry Achieve Goals of Equitable Hiring & Authentic Representation of Disabilities Reality TV [click to continue...]
Learn how you can access a $1 trillion market – the disability community! Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint Watch the webinar on YouTube with live embedded captions With Hollywood striving to boost diversity and inclusion, opening the inclusion umbrella for America’s largest minority – the one-in-five Americans with a disability – [click to continue...]
Best Actress in a Leading Role makes call for more inclusion. Authentic representation of disability wins Best Live Action Short. Best Picture Winner goes to film with actor playing a disability she doesn’t have. Diversity and inclusion segment omits people with disabilities. Los Angeles, Calif., March 5 – In a historic call for more information, [click to continue...]
