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And why are they are especially important for disability-led organizations like WID By Charlotte Stasio A Season of Giving As 2022 comes to a close and many nonprofit organizations prepare for a new year of strengthening commitments to marginalized populations,…

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Voiceover: The Adjustable Table, episode three, Disability Rights and Disability Justice, sponsored by Wells Fargo. Ashley Inkumsah: Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adjustable Table. The Adjustable Table is a four part series created to raise awareness and conduct…

Fight for Right case managers have passed the threshold 5,000 Ukrainian people who have been helped with safe living places, essential daily needs, disability accommodations and needs, evacuations to safer locations in Ukraine, and international evacuations. GADRA continues to support…

: The Adjustable Table Episode 2: Healthcare Access. Sponsored by Wells Fargo. : Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adjustable Table, a four-part video series created to raise awareness and conduct conversations around disability rights and disability justice.…

WID is delighted to announce the launch of an innovative, online series called the “Adjustable Table”. WID’s Adjustable Table is a 4-part web series of videos featuring conversations with multiply-marginalized leaders within the disability community. Each episode will be released…

Hello, my name is Marcie Roth and I’m the Executive Director and CEO at the World Institute on Disability. Throughout this four-part series we will be having conversations with disability community leaders who are multiply marginalized and who bring insight into the…

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It’s never okay to dress up as someone with a disability for Halloween by Sarah Kim What do you plan on dressing up as for Halloween? Some of the most common costumes are typically, ghosts, zombies and witches because Halloween…

A group of people of various ethnicities, including a man who is sitting in a wheelchair gather in the workplace, looking at the camera while smiling.

By Charlotte Stasio Employment provides income and a sense of purpose for many people, including those who are disabled. The United Nations reports that in developing countries 80% to 90% of disabled people of working age are unemployed, whereas in…

Ukraine Evacuations Continue Fight For Right continues to evacuate people with disabilities from Ukraine. Support from GADRA and Nippon Foundation has allowed Fight For Right to purchase an accessible vehicle and enabled them to continue this invaluable work. Teplo Project:…