Challenged Athletes Foundation Funds All Qualified Grant Applicants Totaling $5.1 Million of Support for 3,038 Challenged Athletes Across 94 Sports and Activities
March 30, 2021 10:00 ET
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Challenged Athletes Foundation
SAN DIEGO, CA, March 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dedicated to providing life-changing access to sports, Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) is thrilled to announce its most meaningful grant...
Cowichan Valley Artist & Disability Advocate to Launch Unique Exhibit - Produced by Polaris Creative
February 22, 2021 08:00 ET
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Polaris Creative
DUNCAN, British Columbia, Feb. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Photographer and owner of Polaris Creative, and outspoken disability advocate Jules Sherred has kicked off a crowdfunding initiative and a...
NCD commemorates 35th anniversary of ‘Toward Independence’ report
February 01, 2021 15:50 ET
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National Council on Disability
WASHINGTON, Feb. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Council on Disability (NCD) today marks the 35-year anniversary of a federal report that led to the drafting of the landmark Americans with...
Eli Lilly, Target and Cargill CEOs Sign Disability:IN’s CEO Letter on Disability Inclusion
January 28, 2021 08:00 ET
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Disability:IN
Alexandria, VA, Jan. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Disability:IN, the leading global nonprofit organization for advancing business disability inclusion and equality, today announced the CEOs of Eli...
NCD announces new Chairman Andrés Gallegos
January 22, 2021 11:48 ET
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National Council on Disability
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Council on Disability (NCD) – an independent, nonpartisan federal agency that advises the President, Congress and other federal agencies on...
Doing the Right Thing: Disability, Autism and Special Education
January 08, 2021 13:24 ET
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Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation
TORONTO, Jan. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Doing the Right Thing: Disability, Autism and Special Education, Session Three of four in the free, online series of talks tackling the hard issues around...
More Than 10,000 Americans with Disabilities Have Opened an ABLEnow Account
December 17, 2020 16:12 ET
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ABLEnow
Richmond, Va., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In just four years, more than 10,000 Americans with disabilities have opened an ABLEnow account. These customers, representing all 50 states, have...
New book helps alleviate caregiver stress in navigating the difficult emotional, psychological and financial challenges
December 04, 2020 03:30 ET
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AuthorHouse
FONTANA, Calif., Dec. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As an educator and advocate for the disabled and the developmentally challenged for 14 years and as a social services director at several skilled...
Rick Hansen Foundation Supporting a New National Standard for Accessible Homes across Canada
November 23, 2020 11:00 ET
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RHF CSA
Vancouver, Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (Vancouver/ Traditional Territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations) – Rick Hansen Foundation (RHF) is pleased to support the...
REAson d’etre dance productions announces that Vivian Chong’s “Dancing After TEN” graphic memoir published by Fantagraphics is shortlisted for the Toronto Book Awards
November 09, 2020 10:00 ET
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REAson D'etre Dance Productions
- After cornea surgery temporarily restored her sight, Vivian Chong raced against time to draw her graphic memoir. When her vision once again faded, she enlisted comics artist Georgia Webber and...