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Deaf Leadership in International Disaster Policy: October 29, 2021

The second event in our series in collaboration with Gallaudet University, Deaf-Led Disaster Resilience. Over the last decade, national governments and international human rights groups have devoted increasing attention to Deaf and disability inclusion and leadership in disaster and humanitarian…

Graphic with torso level photo of three Black and disabled people: a non-binary person holding a cane, a non-binary person in a power wheelchair, and a woman on a folding chair raising their fists against a purple background.

Moving From Disability Rights to Disability Justice

By Hailey Hudson The Disability Rights Movement established civil rights for people with disabilities, opening up opportunities for them to participate more fully in society. This movement gathered speed in the 1960’s and led to the Americans with Disabilities Act…

What’s Up WID: How COVID-19 Transformed the Lives of People with Disabilities Transcripts

Ashley Inkumsah: Hello everyone, and welcome back to What’s Up WID, the World Institute on Disability podcast, where we discuss what’s up in the disability community with activists and advocates across the globe. So today, I am so happy…

GADRA + Gallaudet Present: Deaf-Led Disaster Resilience

The Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA) and Gallaudet University invite you to an upcoming three-part event series: Deaf-Led Disaster Resilience. Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction is a growing field of practice, yet deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, and deaf-disabled…

Deaf-Led Disaster Action: September 24, 2021

Deaf-led organizations play a vital role in disaster and humanitarian contexts, but are often overlooked in disaster research, training, management, and reporting. This webinar spotlights Deaf-led organizations in Japan, Trinidad & Tobago, and Viet Nam to raise awareness about disaster…

Graphic with a collage of COVID-19 vaccine vials.

Why Global Vaccine Inequities Are Harming People with Disabilities

By Mahevash Shaikh When COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, many people across the globe breathed a huge sigh of relief. But it quickly became evident that not every country had equal access to vaccines. In particular, people with disabilities, in…

What’s Up WID: Disability Representation in the Media Transcripts

(music) Ashley Inkumsah: Hello everyone, and welcome back to What’s Up WID, the World Institute on Disability’s podcast, where we discuss what’s up in the disability community with activists and advocates across the globe. If you’re new here, I’m your…

Collage of disabled TikTok creators Imani Barbarin, Spencer West and Lucy Edwards.

Disabled TikTok Creators You Need to Follow

By Drew Dakessian The disability justice movement has long had an unofficial slogan: “Nothing about us without us.” It asserts that the lived experience of disabled people is critical to policies that affect them and to stories that center…

A Black woman with a curly afro wears a face mask.

Why People With Disabilities Don’t Want to Go “Back To Normal”

by Hailey Hudson As the vaccine rollout continues across the globe, our social media feeds are full of photos from cookouts, videos from vacations and status updates of being back in the office once again. Most people feel nothing but…