The American’s with Disabilities Act promotes legal nondiscrimination, but PYD aspires to push everyone an important step beyond that. We push others toward full inclusion. Are you looking to make […]
Inclusion Services
Marcella has been a member of PYD’s online learning platform for the past two years. Below, we wanted to share some of the incredible work she’s been doing. Thanks for […]
When it comes to disability inclusion, PYD’s philosophy is simple: how can we train as many people as possible? If we want to create a world where young people with […]
As you may have noticed, things look a little different around here than they used to. We launched our new website late last week (late-September 2018), and let me tell […]
At the recent convention of the American Association of Intellectual and Development Disabilities, PYD, Easterseals, and PEAC released the new Implementation Guide for the Transportation Advocacy Mentoring Initiative (TAMI). This […]
In June, Regina Snowden presented at the Conference of State Parties at the U.N. in NYC to release the global mapping and needs assessment report written by the Leadership and […]
PYD had the first ever opportunity to present an original panel at Anime Boston 2018 on March 30th! Our Highland Street Ambassador of Mentoring & Recruitment Specialist Jordan Lome, Steve […]
Boston, MA (December 8, 2017) – The Social Innovation Forum (SIF) has selected Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD) to participate in SIF’s 2018 “Social Innovator Accelerator,” a 24-month capacity-building […]
For those not familiar with it, inspiration porn is a phrase that refers to the way disabled people are frequently used as objects of inspiration for abled people. It was coined by the disabled writer and comedian Stella Young, and once you understand the concept, you can’t help but see it everywhere. Especially on social media.
The following blog post was written by Bjarne P. Tellmann from the Association of Corporate Counsel, provided through the National Disability Mentoring Coalition (NDMC). Our legal department recently launched an […]