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What’s Up WID: Global Accessibility Awareness Day

WID’s Former Executive Director Deborah Kaplan and WID’s current Senior Director of Operations and Deputy Director, Kat Zigmont discuss the past, present and future of accessibility in celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day. ListenTranscriptsAmerican Sign Language

Global Accessibility Day 2023

Quotes from leaders in disability about why accessibility matters

What’s Up WID: Global Accessibility Awareness Day Transcript

Ashley Inkumsah: Hi everyone and welcome to a special edition of our What’s Up WID podcast and celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day. My name is Ashley Inkumsah and I’m so excited to talk accessibility with WID’s former executive director…

A Black man and a white man with Down’s syndrome high-five one another.

How to Be a Good Ally to Disabled People

By Drew Dakessian The Oxford American Dictionary defines ‘ally’ as “a person or organization that actively supports the rights of a marginalized group without being a member of it.” The operative word here is ‘actively.’ Being a good ally to…

Bruce Curtis poses for a portrait photo with his hands interlocking and resting on his chin

What’s Up WID: Bruce Curtis Transcripts

Ashley Inkumsah:Hello everyone, and welcome to season three of the What’s Up WID Podcast. My name is Ashley Inkumsah, and I couldn’t think of a better way to kick off our third season of our podcast, than by chatting with…

What’s Up WID: Celebrating Judy Heumann and Disability Rights Activism

International disability rights activist and WID’s former International Program Director, Bruce Curtis, reflects on his years in activism alongside Judy Heumann and Ed Roberts and the importance of disability rights activism today. ListenTranscriptsAmerican Sign Language

Webinar Recording Available: GADRA Activates to Türkiye and Syria

Video recording from GADRA’s webinar, GADRA Activates to Türkiye and Syria. Recorded on Thursday, March 9, 2023. This recording has been edited to reduce technical errors and make the recording easier to understand, as well as to add open captions.…

Transcript: GADRA Activates to Türkiye and Syria Webinar

Recorded Thursday, March 9, 2023 10:00 a.m. ET Video recording with ASL and captions >> HEATHER DUNCAN: All right. Welcome, everyone, to the webinar, GADRA activates to Türkiye and Syria. Today’s program will be recorded for dissemination afterwards. We are…

Türkiye and Syria 3/17/2023 Update

Through the rapid response Emergency Operations Center, GADRA has connected with multiple disability-led organizations (DLOs) in Türkiye and Syria and is currently actively supporting four DLOs who are working tirelessly to assist people with disabilities impacted by the earthquakes. GADRA…