Transportation Accessibility Resources Transportation accessibility is a key area for disability rights and advocacy and impacts disabled people around the globe. Transportation Resilience, Accessibility & Climate Sustainability (TRACS) was a disability-led research project regarding transportation accessibility issues and potential…
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Resources We believe in creating & sharing tools that make it easy to create accessibility, and to get help when you need it. Explore our free database of WID materials, tools, and external resources that we recommend to our communities.…
Remembering Dr. Marsha Saxton
WID is deeply saddened and heartbroken by the loss of our former Director of Research, Marsha Saxton. Marsha was a trailblazer for disability rights who worked at WID for over 20 years and was also a major founding scholar of…
What’s Up WID: Deaf Youth Disaster Experiences & Action Transcripts
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…
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Careers & Opportunities We would love for you to join us! Here are our current openings. Research Participants WID regularly conducts research studies in order to improve the accessibility of products and services for people with disabilities. If you are…
What’s Up WID: Whole Community Disaster Preparedness & Response Transcripts
Nicholas Love:Hello everyone, and welcome back to What’s Up WID, the World Institute on Disability biweekly podcast where we discuss what’s up in the disability community across the globe. My name is Nicholas Love, I’m honored to be a director…
What’s Up WID: Whole Community Disaster Preparedness & Response
WID’s Emergency, Disaster, and Climate Resilience Specialist Dawn Skaggs discusses whole community disaster preparedness and response for people with disabilities. ListenAmerican Sign Language VersionTranscripts
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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…