Foundation Honors Actress Marlee Matlin with Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion
 
In 1987, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Marlee Matlin the Oscar for Best Actress in

The Ruderman TV Challenge was designed to continue our work in Hollywood and advocate for greater inclusion of performers with disabilities. At a time when the discussion around the need for greater

 
Our New Study Reveals Self-Driving Cars Could Open 2 Million Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
 

 
Introduction
Self-driving cars have almost become a staple of

The Ruderman Family Foundation has announced the winners of its fifth annual Ruderman Prize in Inclusion, five grants totaling $250,000 awarded to companies and organizations that operate innovative

The advertising and modelling industries have long been under fire for unrealistic portrayals of the human form—particularly of women, though men have not been immune either. Seeing countless depict

Imagine having a dream- something that is terrestrially possible and already being done by others with regular frequency. Imagine those individuals already living your dream may not be as passionate

The 2016 Presidential Election is finally over! After nearly 600 days of campaigning, this unprecedented contest for the highest office in the land will now be laid to rest in the annals of American h

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and this observance matters to me deeply this year because I have obtained my first professional employment opportunity outside of the advoca

Only a week ago, the Paralympics were in serious trouble. As we wrote in our last blog, they’d sold barely 12% of the available tickets—just about 290,000. That was only a fraction of the 2012 Par

A little over a week ago, 50 Cent, aka Curtis Jackson III, posted a video of himself bullying a young man at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. He kept following the man—Andrew Farr

**Senator Tom Harkin is the 2015 recipient of the Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion, which recognizes an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the inclusion of people with dis

There is a frequently told story about Bill Gates that became popular after the New York Times published it in August 2009. Gates was giving a speech to a gender-segregated audience in Saudi Arabia, t

By Shai Franklin
 
With Presidential primaries looming, so much international unrest and a global climate agreement in the works, the December 9 gathering of two-dozen top media and political figure

People with disabilities provide value to all aspects of the community. As an HR professional these staff have enriched my job, giving me faith that some people appreciate the opportunity to work for

Employers may think employing a person with a disability comes with a high price tag (it does not) but the upside cannot be ignored: people with disabilities are loyal workers, able to get the job don

The recently released Kessler Foundation national survey shows that the majority of Americans with disabilities are striving to work and overcoming barriers to finding jobs and succeeding in the workp

They are employers, large and small, who have shown a commitment to employing the best people for the job. They have proven that a fully inclusive workforce is good for the bottom line. They believe t

Through innovative partnerships and collaboratively recruiting talent, more people with disabilities will find employment opportunities in the workforce.

By: Benjamin A. Winnick
This is the second post in a series entitled “Issues I face as a working adult with a disability.” Read the first post: To Disclose or Not to Disclose a Disability?
How do

I didn’t want to tell everyone about my disability and I don’t want to be treated differently in my work environment. All I want is to be the same as everyone else and treated with respect.

By Michael Liberman- Transitions to Work Graduate
When I first started Transitions to Work, the Director, Madeline Wenzel, told me I would be doing a 3 month training to learn register and customer se

An interview with Sunflower Bakery who prepare individuals with developmental or other cognitive disabilities for employment through skilled and inclusive on-the-job training.

Sunflower Bakery was a recipient of the 2013 Ruderman Prize in Inclusion. Below is part one of an interview conducted with the founders, Sara Portman Milner and Laurie Wexler, where they discuss what

My son, like so many of his peers, is capable of much more than sweeping a floor, folding laundry, clearing a table, or watering plants. My son is bright, disciplined, hardworking, driven to succeed,

Friends,
I invite you to check out the following Op-Ed by myself and Joanne F. Goldstein, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development in Massachusetts.  It ran last week in The Boston Globe online;

Dear Friends,
As you may know, October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month in the United States.  This motivated us to ask Jerry Rubin, President and CEO of Jewish Vocational Service in

By Jay Ruderman
Friends,
Here’s an op-ed Leo Vercollone and I had in the Boston Business Journal on Friday:
Hiring the Disabled is Good Business
— Jay Ruderman
Date: Friday, June 8, 2012, 6:00

We are proud to support Transitions to Work, in collaboration with Combined Jewish Philanthropies and Jewish Vocational Service (JVS). They work to train and help young adults with disabilities enter

Below is an op-ed I wrote for Huffington Post about the positive aspects of full inclusion of people with disabilities in the workforce.
– Jay
As the U.S. disabled population grows amidst incre

Friends,
Today I’m happy to introduce you to an innovative employment initiative in Israel. Recently Shikum Acher opened a gift shop on one of Tel Aviv’s most fashionable shopping districts. The

Friends,
Today I write to share my Letter to the Editor from last week’s New York Times, referencing the Transitions to Work program we developed here in Boston with Combined Jewish Philanthropies a

Friends, Today we have another story about the Young Adult Transitions to Work Program we support here in Boston.  Enjoy a glimpse into one young woman’s working life and, as always, feel free to l