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NDEAM 2024

October 24, 2024 by Jennifer Tennican

Johnny (they/them) is seated at a table and holds up a sign that says “Access To Good Jobs For All.” Under the text is a white line and then hashtag NDEAM. He’s in front of employee lockers at Vertical Harvest Farms in Jackson, Wyoming. They wear a white hairnet and a Vertical Harvest t-shirt.

Observed each October, during National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or “NDEAM,” we celebrate the value and talent workers with disabilities add to America’s workplaces and economy. NDEAM’s purpose is to confirm our commitment to ensuring disabled workers have access to good jobs every month of every year. That’s the spirit behind this year’s official theme: “Access to Good Jobs for …

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Disability Pride 2024

July 31, 2024 by Jennifer Tennican

Square graphic featuring the disability pride flag designed by Ann Magill. The charcoal gray background commemorates and mourns disabled people who have died due to ableism, violence, negligence, suicide, rebellion, illness and eugenics. The gray background also represents rage and protest against the mistreatment of the disabled community. The diagonal band is for "cutting across" the walls and barriers that separate disabled people from society. It also represents the light and creativity of the disability community that cuts through the darkness of ableism. The stripes represent different disabilities: green is for sensory disabilities, including the blind, deaf, and deaf-blind communities; blue represents emotional and psychiatric disabilities; white stands for non-apparent and undiagnosed disabilities; gold is for neurodivergence; and red represents physical disabilities. There is white text in the upper right corner - “July is Disability Pride Month” and lower left corner — “ 2024 Theme “We want a life like yours.”

July is Disability Pride Month. This year’s theme — “We want a life like yours” — comes from The Arc’s National Council of Self-Advocates. It reflects the disability community’s dreams for life experiences that people with disabilities are too often denied. For more information about The Arc and to find a chapter near you, please visit thearc.org.   …

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NDEAM 2023

October 31, 2023 by Jennifer Tennican

2023 NDEAM square graphic. Collage of arrows in various colors pointing forward, with images of disabled people at work. The text reads “Advancing Access & Equity, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Celebrating 50 years of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.” Also #NDEAM, #RehabAct50 and dol.gov/ODEP.

National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is always a busy time for us. This year we’re working with employee resource groups, academic institutions and a professional association. 2023’s theme is “Advancing Access and Equity.” Let’s ensure that all people have equal opportunity to contribute their skills and talents! Learn more at dol.gov/NDEAM. …

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Summer & Disability Pride 2023

July 11, 2023 by Jennifer Tennican

Square graphic with the “Hearts of Glass” film logo, “Hearts of Glass” in black text inside the outline of a green heart accented with leaves, next to black text “July is DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH.” Below the text is the Disability Pride Flag which has a black background and five colored diagonal stripes. From right to left the colors are red, yellow, white, blue and green.

We’ve been doing a lot of work with Arc Chapters across the United States. The national organization as well as local chapters have great resources and information about Disability Pride Month. They have some terrific suggestions about ways to celebrate in July. Here’s a little historical context about the roots of Disability Pride we found on The Valuable 500’s website. “While disability …

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Springing Into Action

April 30, 2023 by Jennifer Tennican

Square Graphic with white background. Text at the top “SPRINGING INTO ACTION.” Below the text are two square graphics – one is for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month 2023 and the other is for Autism Acceptance Month. The DD Awareness graphic features original artwork – multi-colored leaves outlined in black against a bright green background. There’s an orange band with text that runs across the lower quarter of the graphic. Text reads “Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month 2023 Beyond the Conversation #DDAM2023.” To the right of that graphic is another with a dark blue background with white text arched across the top - “AUSTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH.” Below the text is a bright green infinity sign (an “8” on its side). Below that is the text “Different Not Less.” Every letter in the word “different” uses a unique font. In the lower right corner of the graphic is the Disability:IN logo.

We’ve had an exciting couple of months. Here are some highlights during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and Autism and Neurodiversity Acceptance Month. Awarded “Most Impactful Documentary” by the 2023 cohort of Partners in Policymaking Alabama Kicked off programming for the inaugural Broadening Inclusion Grant at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign through an event with …

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Summer — Disability Pride, ADA Anniversary and More

August 31, 2022 by Jennifer Tennican

Collage of recent social media image and reel thumbnails.

One of the highlights of the summer was filming employees sharing their thoughts about Disability Pride and the ADA Anniversary. Over 15 employees participated in our shoot! Check out the results on Hearts of Glass Instagram! We’ve been getting more and more into “reels.” Here’s a little background on how July became Disability Pride Month: Disability Pride initially started as a day of …

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