RespectAbility has worked with governors across the country to help advance and realign state programs to help people with disabilities obtain competitive, integrated employment opportunities.
[2] RespectAbility is working to change the narrative in Hollywood to ensure accurate and positive media portrayals of people with disabilities.
[3] Born This Way, which won an Emmy for best Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program in 2017,[4] stars seven diverse young adults with Down syndrome as they deal with issues around employment, independent living, education and romance.
It was launched at an event on Capitol Hill hosted by RespectAbility along with Congressman Brad Sherman and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
[19] The Harriet Tubman Collective, have called out RespectAbility and Mizrahi on their social media platforms, for her racism, and appropriation of the work of their members, who are disabled black women.