Majority of Voters Have a Disability or a Loved One with a Disability Fully one-in-five Americans have a disability themselves and studies show that most of them want to work. People with disabilities are America’s largest minority group, and the only one that, due to an accident or illness, anyone can join at any time. [click to continue...]
Washington, D.C. – As the 2016 presidential campaign season gains speed, RespectAbility is reaching out to all of the campaigns to highlight the importance for all candidates to speak directly to voters with disabilities and their families by offering specific plans for a better future. RespectAbility introduces its newest project – The RespectAbility Report – a nonpartisan [click to continue...]
Read The RespectAbility Report! Clicking on the link will open a new tab with the report. The RespectAbility Report is a nonpartisan political commentary on the 2016 U.S. elections with a focus on disability issues. Launched in June 2015, The RespectAbility Report is nonpartisan and neither rates nor endorses candidates. Chief political writers for The [click to continue...]
Bethesda, Md. – In the two years since the founding of RespectAbility, the organization continues to flourish and grow. Born in 2013, RespectAbility, a nonprofit organization working to empower Americans with disabilities to achieve the American Dream, works to educate, sensitize and engage Americans to focus on what people with disabilities can do, rather than on [click to continue...]
BREAKING NEWS: Senate Votes 95-3 for Jobs for People with Disabilities Washington, DC. At a time when 70% of working age Americans with disabilities are outside of the workforce and more than 9 million working age Americans with disabilities are living on government benefits, the U.S. Senate voted 95-3 on legislation (S. 1356) to increase [click to continue...]
Washington, DC. At a time when 70% of working age Americans with disabilities are outside of the workforce and more than 9 million working age Americans with disabilities are living on government benefits, Congress will vote on bi-partisan, bicameral legislation to increase opportunities for people with disabilities. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (H.R. 803) [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 formation of community service opportunities for Washington area Middle and High School students [click to continue...]
As you know, RespectAbility works to empower people with disabilities to achieve the American dream. We have learned that a barrier to civil rights is that elite private schools – places where children of current leaders and influential people go to train to be leaders themselves – do not frequently welcome children with disabilities. We [click to continue...]
New Poll of 3839 People in Disability Community Shows: 3 out of 4 people with disabilities surveyed value a job and independence over government benefits (no partisan split) Disability community sites employer perceptions that they will be “less successful than someone without a disability” as primary barrier to jobs Disability community names top ways to [click to continue...]
