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What’s Up WID: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital” Sheri Fink and WID Executive Director & CEO Marcie Roth discuss the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and its impact on people with disabilities, which is…

What’s Up WID: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Transcripts

Marcie Roth:Hi everyone. Thanks for joining this special edition episode of the What’s Up WID podcast. My name is Marcie Roth and I am WID’s executive director and CEO. I’m happy to serve as your host today as I chat…

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Why Unrestricted Funds Are Important for Nonprofits

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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Transcript: Adjustable Table, Episode 3 – Disability Rights and Disability Justice

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…

November Update from Fight for Right in Ukraine

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: Healthcare Access Transcripts

: 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.…

The Adjustable Table

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…

Transcript: Adjustable Table, Episode 1 – Employment

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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This Halloween, Remember That Disability Is Not A Costume

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…