WID News

Visit this page for the most recent and exciting news updates from WID! All links are internal and will keep you on the WID site unless otherwise specified. Click on a linked photo below to read the full story.

Past Events:

Global Digital Accessibility: Why Digital Accessibility is a Must-Have for Businesses
GAAD 2021 event graphic, all text repeated in body of post.

Black Disabled Global Disaster Experiences: Action Strategies
Graphic with headshot images of, from left to right: Vivienne Isebor, Leroy Moore, Kaman Kelly Wasup, Anita Cameron and Dikko Yusuf. Text: Black Disabled Global Disaster Experiences: Action Strategies, a continued conversation about the experiences of Black disabled people during and after disasters. Thursday May 20, 2021, 12 PM Eastern to 1PM Eastern, 5 to 6PM Universal Time Coordinated. Captions in English and American Sign Language will be provided.

Experiences of Black Disabled People During & After Disasters: A Global Conversation

Event graphic with text and photo. GADRA logo; 6 arrows, each a different color of the rainbow, wrapping up and around an abstract sphere. Text: Experiences of Black Disabled People During and After Disasters: A Global Conversation. Thursday, February 18, 2021. 12 to 1 PM EST, 5 to 6 PM UTC. Captions in English and International Sign will be provided. Photo: A Black non-binary person with a filtering face mask, glasses, and a short mohawk stands in front of a vine-covered wall. They are facing the camera straight on with their chin slightly tilted up and their cane to the side. The photo is cropped at their knees.

Global Disability + Disasters Panel: A Conversation with Young Leaders

Event graphic with text and photo. Text repeated in body of the post. Photo: 2 Black and disabled people strolling down a sidewalk side by side. On the left, a non-binary person walks with a cane in one hand and a tangle stim toy in the other. In the middle, a woman rolls along in her pink power wheelchair. Photo by Disabled and Here.

Making Policy Changes on the Domestic Level: a Critical Exposition into the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Essays)

Text layered over graphic. Text: Collaboration with WillFran Consulting: UNCRPD Essays. Graphic: illustration of disabled people.

New WID History Video Series: Judy & Joan

Photo collage of Judy Heumann and Joan Leon from a photo taken in the early years of WID in the 1980s. Loose cursive font with text: Judy & Joan, a series on WID's history. Operationalizing inclusion & leading global disability rights since 1983. A white blonde woman interprets in ASL in bottom right of the image.

Launch of the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration

Launch Event: Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration. Thursday, July 9, 2020. Logo for the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration. 6 arrows wrapping around an invisible sphere, each a different color - orange, red, purple, blue, green, and gray.

WID, ACLU, & Disability Rights groups File Petition with US HHS: Deadly Nursing Home Discrimination

Text over ACLU banner: WID Joins Petition to US Department of Health & Human Services for urgent relief RE: COVID-19 Response in Nursing Homes and Other Congregate Settings Where People with Disabilities Live

Solidarity Statement with Protestors Demanding Police Accountability

Black background, white text: Solidarity Statement with Protestors Demanding Police Accountability

Global Disability + Disaster Town Hall, Session 2

Text: Global Disability + Disaster Town Hall: Session 2. Collage of ears, speech bubbles, hands signing, and a hand using a communication board.

Global Disability and Disaster Town Hall

Text overlay: Global Disability and Disaster Town Hall. 3 ears, one with a hearing aid and one with Deaf symbol, surrounded by yellow dotted line circle. Communication symbols (speech bubbles, signing hands, and communication board) surround the circle.

Opportunity: Call for Trainers

Deep magenta banner with text, "Call for Trainers". Icon of laptop with a person onscreen with tiny WID globe in corner of the screen.

Opportunity: Call for Writers

Text: Call for Writers. Icon of a report with WID globe at top. Magenta background.

National Call to Action: Survey

Text overlay: National Call to Action - Survey. Icon of clipboard with sun and globe.

National Council on Disability COVID-19 letter to HHS Office for Civil Rights

Mint green text on deep blue background, reads: National Council on Disability COVID-19 letter to HHS Office for Civil Rights

Recommendations for Immediate Action, COVID-19: Rights & Needs of People with Disabilities Who Use Personal Assistance Services & Supports

Text overlay - recommendations for immediate action: rights and needs of people with disabilities who use personal assistance services & supports, COVID-19

National Call to Action: COVID-19

World map of COVID-19 outbreak as of March 3, 2020, with text overlay: Urgent call to action: The Rights & Needs of People with Disabilities in COVID-19 Preparedness & Response.

From Marcie’s Desk: Strategic Planning

Laptop with text overlay: From Marcie's Desk: Strategic Planning

Accessible Tech at CES 2020

Text overlay: Accessible Tech at CES 2020. Image: Self-driving wheelchair, smart refrigerator, and hearing aids.

World Institute on Disability Announces Appointment of Organization’s Founders to Board of Directors on Ed Roberts Day

Reads: World Institute on Disability Announces Appointment of Organization's Founders to Board of Directors on Ed Roberts Day. Photos left to right: Judy Heumann, Zona Roberts, and Joan Leon.

2020 Conference Access Disability Ambassador Application Now Available

2 Black women smiling in front of the WID desk. Luticha is wearing a blue blazer and floral jumpsuit with pink flowers that match her pink wheelchair. Cathy stands next to her, wearing a black and white striped shirt and white pants with a red belt.

National Teleconference 1/7: Disability-Inclusive Disaster Preparedness

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“Make It Work”: New WID Employment Empowerment Video Series

Screenshot of animated video. Text: 33% of people with disabilities participated in the labor force

WID Signs on to Amicus Brief in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org

Front of US Supreme Court building, with intimidating stone columns and steps.

Meet WID’s New Executive Director/CEO: Marcie Roth

Photo of Marcie Roth, a white woman with light brown hair. She is wearing red glasses, pearls, and a navy blue jacket. Text says

End the Atrocities at Border Detention Facilities

Dozens of latinx immigrants sitting on benches inside of large chain-link cages

AI AND ACCESSIBILITY

Job Announcement: Executive Director/CEO
Published: May 29, 2019

job application

WID’s Current Initiatives-2019
Published: February 4, 2019

Painting depicting a scene of downtown Berkeley, including a wheelchair user with their service dog, as well as merchants selling jewelry at a street faire.

Welcoming in the 2019 WID Board of Directors
Published: February 4. 2019

Kevin Foster stands on stage at a mic, smiling out at the crowd

WID Supports the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act
Published: February 1, 2019

Link to WID Supports the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act article; image of WID E3 logo-a white Globe and E3 in white letters

HLAA Convention 2018
Published: December 12, 2018

Link to HLAA Convention 2018 article; image of a man speaking to the audience, captions onscreen to his right, an ASL interpreter woman to his left

Save the Date- Ever Widening Circle Reception 2018
Published: October 11, 2018
Link to Save the Date Ever Widening Circle 2018; image of crowd shot from past WID event

Long-Term 2018 International Fellow, Amrita, Presents on Disability
Published: August 27, 2018

Link to International Fellow Amrita's presentation article; image of a woman in a wheelchair speaking to a room

Job Announcement: Projects Coordinator
Published: June 9, 2018

Link to Projects Coordinator article; image of a blank application, a pair of glasses, and a pen

Empowering People with Disabilities to Achieve their Financial Goals with TD Bank
Published: April 16, 2018

Link to Empowering People with Disabilities to Achieve their Financial Goals article; image of several open books stacked on top of each other

Job Announcement: Executive Secretary to Executive Director and Board of Directors
Published: February 2, 2018

Link to Executive Secretary to Executive Director and Board of Directors article; image of a blank application, a pair of glasses, and a pen

CES 2018
Published: January 30, 2018

Link to CES 2018 article; a collage of three photos: two people walk through the conference, the logo of the conference, one person stands in front of a booth at the conference

WID Welcomes New Board Members
Published: January 22, 2018

Link to WID Welcomes New Board Members 2018 article; image of four new board members

Pre-existing Conditions Under the AHCA
Published: May 22, 2017

Link to Pre-existing Conditions Under the AHCA article; image of the American flag

AHCA Will Hurt People on Medicaid
Published: May 22, 2017

Link to AHCA Will Hurt People on Medicaid article; image of several painted tiles, pushed together to create a wall of artwork

Job Announcement: Employment and Disability Benefits Initiative (EDBI) Manager
Published: May 18, 2017

Link to Job Announcement: Employment and Disability Benefits Initiative (EDBI) Manager article; image of a blank application, a pair of glasses, and a pen

Congress Agrees to a Spending Bill That Cuts AFI
Published: April 30, 2017

Link to Congress Agrees to a Spending Bill That Cuts AFI article; image of a pair of scissors slicing through a $100 bill

WID’s Dr. Saxton Delivers Keynote at Sexual Violence Conference
Published: April 8, 2017

Link to Dr. Saxton Delivers Keynote at Sexual Violence Conference article; image of a woman standing at a desk, displaying books and DVD cases

Roshan’s Final Project
Published: March 22, 2017

Link to Roshan’s Final Project article; image is a collage of photos of WID staff with 2016 international fellows

WID’s Current Initiatives-2017
Published: February 6, 2017

Link to WID's Current Initiatives 2017 article; image of Ed Roberts featured on Google for 2017 Ed Roberts Day

What the Next Administration Can Do to Support Americans with Disabilities
Published: December 2, 2016

Link to What the Next Administration Can Do to Support Americans with Disabilities article; image is a collage of 9 photos of WID staff, fellows, and service dogs in various places

WID Releases First of Its Kind Findings: Students with Disabilities & Internships
Published: November 14, 2016

Link to WID Releases First of Its Kind Findings: Students with Disabilities & Internships; image of two disabled students talking to their employer about their internship

Save the Date- Critical Issues Forum & Ever Widening Circle Reception 2016
Published: September 20, 2016

Link to Save the Date Critical Issues & Ever Widening Circle 2016; image of WID's Executive Director, Anita Aaron, speaking at the 13th Annual Ever Widening Circle event

Short-Term 2016 YALI Fellows Reflect on Time at WID
Published: August 24, 2016

Link to Short-Term 2016 YALI Fellows Reflect; image of two young people present a PowerPoint and address a crowded room

WID Annual Report of 2015
Published: August 17, 2016

Link to WID Annual Report 2015; image of 9 WID staff members

CareerACCESS Takes Over D.C. in July
Published: August 7, 2016

Link to CareerACCESS Takes Over D.C.; image of a group of seven, six people in wheelchairs, all smiling

WID Hosts Summer 2016 YALI Mandela Fellows
Published: July 6, 2016

Link to WID Hosts Summer 2016 YALI Mandela Fellows; image of the two summer 2016 YALI fellows

WID Hosts ABLE Accounts Seminar on July 8
Published: May 31, 2016

Link to WID Hosts ABLE Accounts Seminar article; image of WID's Deputy Director, Tom Foley, presenting about ABLE accounts

WID’s Accessibility Partner JPMorgan Chase Kicks Off New Conference Accessibility Initiative
Published: March 23, 2016

Link to JPMorgan Chase Kicks Off New Conference Accessibility Inititiative article; image of two WID staff members standing behind an accessibility desk in a hotel lobby

WID’s Current Initiatives: 2016
Published: February 12, 2016

Link to WID's Current Initiatives: 2016; image of a wall of tiles, painted with disability themes

WID Welcomes New Board Members
Published: January 1, 2016

Link to 2016 Board Announcement; image of Carol Bradley, headshot

An Introduction to WID’s Disability FEAST via Spoon University (external link)
Published: December 3, 2015

Link to Disability FEAST article; image of a round table where several people with disabilities gather to eat and talk

WID Learns about Media Campaigns
Published: November 10, 2015

Link to Media Campaign article; image of several different Berkeley Times newspapers piled up on a table

Ever Widening Circle 2015 Awardees
Published: October 15, 2015

Link to Ever Widening Circle 2016 Awardees article; image of WID's Board Chair standing on stage with two awardees

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