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Deaf Youth Disaster Experiences & Action | What’s Up WID
Ashley: Hello everyone and welcome to a very special edition of What’s Up WID, the World Institute on Disability podcast where we discuss What’s Up in the Disability Community across the globe. If you’re new here, I’m your host Ashley…
Transcript for “20 Years of Disability Rights & Inclusion in Disaster Management: Global Rights and Collaboration”
>: 20 years of Disability Rights and Inclusion in Disaster Management: Global Rights and Collaboration >>MARCIE ROTH: I had the incredible opportunity to spend just about eight years at FEMA, I was appointed in the Obama administration. It was…
Why Global Vaccine Inequities Are Harming People with Disabilities
By Mahevash Shaikh When COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, many people across the globe breathed a huge sigh of relief. But it quickly became evident that not every country had equal access to vaccines. In particular, people with disabilities, in…
Why People With Disabilities Don’t Want to Go “Back To Normal”
by Hailey Hudson As the vaccine rollout continues across the globe, our social media feeds are full of photos from cookouts, videos from vacations and status updates of being back in the office once again. Most people feel nothing but…
GADRA: Experiences of Black Disabled People During & After Disasters Transcript
>> DUSTIN SNOWADSKY: Hello, welcome to the town hall with the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration. My name is Dustin and we would first like to announce that we are recording this webinar, it is also currently being live…
Meet the Panelists: Experiences of Black Disabled People During & After Disasters: A Global Conversation
Meet the Moderator, Guest Speaker and Panelists for GADRA’s Experiences of Black Disabled People During & After Disasters: A Global Conversation event, on Thursday, February 18, 2021. This free webinar will be one hour long, and will begin at 12…
COVID Blog: U.S. Disability Benefits Applicants in ‘Abyssful’ Purgatory
by Sabrina White The Social Security Administration (SSA)’s severely flawed disability determination/reconsideration process is having an even deadlier impact on persons with disabilities than usual. Granted, it is fully understood that the target populations for Social Security benefits are people…
GADRA Launch Event Transcript
From recording of the GADRA Launch event, held on Thursday, July 9, 2020. >> Kat: >> Kat: One moment, please. We’re just connecting to Facebook. >> Kat: All right! Hello, and welcome everyone to the launch of the Global Alliance…
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…