RespectAbility: Fighting Stigma through Hollywood and Jobs Creation
Channel: Zero Project
Date: 2021-07-14

Welcome to the awardee video of  RespectAbility´s Fighting Stigma, a winner of the 2019 Zero Project Award on Independent Living and Political Participation.


The US non-profit RespectAbility, based in the state of Maryland, fights stigma and advances opportunities for people with disabilities through the Hollywood entertainment industry and by promoting employment opportunities. The organization collaborates with Hollywood writers to promote positive, accurate, and diverse portrayals of disability. It has created the Hollywood Disability Inclusion Toolkit and the Emmy Award-winning TV show “Born This Way,” starring people with Down syndrome. At the political level, RespectAbility focuses on employment by publishing reports on best practices, providing testimony, and creating resources for policy makers.


Speaker:
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, RespectAbility, United States of America

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