By Karen Fischer Gerard Buckley, a deaf resident of Rochester, New York and the President of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), was checking out at a local grocery store when…
Disability-Led Organizations, Corporations & Foundations Launch Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration; July 9th at 12 noon ET/4pm UT
For Immediate Release: July 7, 2020 For further information contact: Tari Hartman Squire, 310-650-0595 What do 633 disability leaders from 29 countries spanning six out of seven continents have in common? 100% believe that organizations led by people with disabilities definitely or…
COVID Blogs: Intensifying Medical Hazards for Persons with Disabilities
by Abha Khetarpal The COVID-19 pandemic has disconcerted everyone on this planet. Varied scales of interventions, strategies and manoeuvres are being initiated and tried in alignment with the evolving situation. But worldwide, a community that is facing the brunt of…
Launch of the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration
The World Institute on Disability, The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, and ONG Inclusiva invite you to please join us for the launch of the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration. Thursday, July 9, 2020 9 AM Pacific Time/ 12 PM…
WID, ACLU, & Disability Rights groups File Petition with US HHS: Deadly Nursing Home Discrimination
June 23, 2020 – For immediate release COVID-19 Deaths in Nursing Homes are Not Unavoidable — They are the Result of Deadly Discrimination World Institute on Disability joins with ACLU, SEIU, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Partnership for…
Global Disability and Disaster Town Hall Meetings
Hosted by the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA) Share your COVID-19 experience – we’re listening: When disaster strikes, disability-led organizations are the ones on the ground, trying to fill the gaps without equitable access to traditional disaster relief…
National Call to Action: Survey
4/21/2020 Please join WID in the following Call to Action, led by the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies: Join us in stopping the mass slaughter of people with disabilities who are dying from COVID-19 in nursing homes and other institutions…
National Council on Disability COVID-19 letter to HHS Office for Civil Rights
March 18, 2020 Roger Severino Director, Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington DC 20201 Dear Mr. Severino: On behalf of the National Council on Disability (NCD), I write on a…
Recommendations for Immediate COVID-19 Action
3/12/2020 Recommendations for Immediate Action Regarding: The Rights & Needs of People with Disabilities Who Use Personal Assistance Services & Supports Throughout COVID-19 Planning & Response Purpose: This document provides recommendations for rapid response solutions for federal and state governments…
National Call to Action: COVID-19
Update 3/12/2020: Read our Recommendations for Immediate Action Regarding: The Rights & Needs of People with Disabilities Who Use Personal Assistance Services & Supports Throughout COVID-19 Planning & Response. Over 100 organizations have signed on to our Call to Action.…