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Disability Diversity

Disability Diversity
According to the CDC, 26% of adults in the US live with a disability. Individuals with a disability are across all walks of life and intersect within all forms of diversity. Disability diversity is about recognizing and valuing the differences, the benefits, the barriers experienced, and the strengths held, especially within the workplace.

 

Resources:

  • Disability Rights Wisconsin is a nonprofit organization that provides legal advocacy and rights protection for adults and children with disabilities.
  • Disability discrimination occurs when an employer or other entity covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, or the Rehabilitation Act, as amended, treats a qualified individual who is an employee or applicant unfavorably because they have a disability. For more information visit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
  • From lessons on art, activism and physical disabilities to a feature story about new developments in deaf education, resources provided by Learning for Justice will help you embrace diverse abilities and understand the injustices people with disabilities often encounter.

  • Disability Justice centers intersectionality and the ways diverse systems of oppression amplify and reinforce one another.  A disability justice approach centers the priorities and approaches of those most historically excluded groups, such as women, people of color, immigrants, and people who identify as LGBTQ+. The Disability & Philanthropy Forum website offers a robust library of resources to support philanthropy’s ongoing learning about disability. 
     

 

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