In a new partnership, several philanthropic and nonprofit organizations have joined together to present a series of free online training sessions on the nuts and bolts of how to include people with disabilities.
The series and partnership comes following the recent release of a recent study that suggests that while 75% of the sector wants to include people with disabilities, they don’t know how to do it.
Despite great intentions, the push for diversity, equity, access and inclusion in the field has not yet led to better outcomes for people with disabilities in our sector. Time and time again, organizations unintentionally discriminate against people with disabilities in their grant applications, programming, events, resources, websites and hiring practices, RespectAbility shares in a news release.
“It’s all about getting the skills needed to ensure access, opportunity and equity for people with disabilities,” says Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, president of RespectAbility, the nonprofit which convened the partnership and sessions.
“Hence, the series was designed by people with disabilities themselves to specifically complement what people told us in the study that they want to learn, and where there are gaps in equity practices.”
All eight sessions will be free and online, with live captioning, per the release.
For more information and to register, visit RespectAbility.
[Source: RespectAbility]
