Design Thinking
Playgrounds for All
Inclusive-design organizations are working to ensure that disabled kids are no longer prevented from playing with their peers.
Tag: Disability
Philanthropy & Funding
How Funders Can Make Disability Visible
Disability is a relatively untapped area of investment for philanthropy, but one that offers promise of change and multiple avenues for donor impact.
Leadership
Big Ideas Are Not Enough
Having a great idea is only half of the innovation journey: For your brainchild to succeed, guard against these four implementation myths.
Health
Centering Disability in Health Care
The Missing Billion initiative aims to end the health-care gap for disabled people by 2030 by identifying breakdowns, building evidence, and compiling best practices for the health system framework.
Collaboration
Shaping Research to Create More Social Impact
Co-creating evidence with communities and decision makers can lead to research with more impact.
Collaboration
Decriminalizing Mental Illness
The Stepping Up Initiative uses webinars, a tool kit, and data collection to tackle the problem of people with serious mental illness being incarcerated in the United States approximately two million times each year. A Field Report from the Winter 2020 issue.
Design Thinking
How to Make Design Thinking More Disability Inclusive
A three-tiered framework for making human-centered design more inclusive of people with disabilities can help organizations improve their own programs.
Excerpt
Human Rights
Design for All
An excerpt of Bess Williamson’s Accessible America shows how accessible design is innovative and inclusive.
Podcast
Arts & Culture
Increasing Equity and Inclusion in the Arts
Leaders from three San Francisco Bay Area arts organizations discuss how they are shaping both their organizations and their performances to make them more diverse and welcoming to all.
Social Services
The Difference Curve
Auticon aims to change society’s perception of people on the autism spectrum for the benefit of businesses and employees alike.