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In partnership with Gateways, Access to Jewish Education, we hosted Innovation 4 Inclusion, celebrating the make-a-thon completed by eight of the Boston Jewish Day Schools. Throughout the academic year, middle school students from each of the eight schools designed solutions to inclusion as part of their STEM curriculum. The make-a-thon was inspired by a similar ...
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Voting Rights for People with Disabilities
July 12, 2018 / 
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WATCH: Mental Illness Can Affect Anyone
June 11, 2018 / 0 Comments
Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade and Avicii have all taken their own lives recently and suicide rates are on the rise across the country. The Foundation produced this video for our social media platforms to raise awareness and further work to destigmatize mental health and help those in need: The video can be watched by clicking ...
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Watch: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson speaks about his experience with depression.
May 3, 2018 / 0 Comments
Johnson is sharing his story because he wants us all to pay attention when someone is in pain and needs help. ...
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Watch: The most decorated Olympic athlete, Michael Phelps, has come forward about his fight with depression
February 8, 2018 / 0 Comments
Such honesty brings us another step closer to ending the stigmas behind mental health....
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[:en]Game, Set, Match: Inclusion On and Off the Court[:]
November 2, 2017 / 0 Comments
This blog was contributed by Howard Blas, Director of National Ramah Tikvah Network. Dana Mathewson hits lightning serves and ground strokes and races to return seemingly out of reach tennis balls on Arthur Ashe Stadium at the prestigious U.S. Open tennis tournament. Yet, her name is not nearly as well known in the tennis world ...
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Sesame Street Heads in the Right Direction Yet Again
April 20, 2017 / 0 Comments
Half a century ago, Sesame Street was established with the sole mission “to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.” Since then this colorful program has been a staple of many a childhood in the U.S. as well as across the world. They have been longstanding advocates for diversity and inclusion, featuring African-American and Puerto ...
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Foundation Honors Actress Marlee Matlin with Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion
February 22, 2017 / 0 Comments
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 a Leading Role for her heralding performance in the film Children of a Lesser God, symbolizing an unprecedented selection, as it was and ...
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The Ruderman TV Challenge
February 16, 2017 / 0 Comments
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 diversity in Hollywood is garnering great attention, disability is still being left out. But disability is a fundamental part of the human experience and needs ...
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The Ruderman White Paper – Self-Driving Cars: The Impact on People with Disabilities
January 16, 2017 / 0 Comments
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 everyday conversation. You hear about them on the radio, read about them in the newspapers, and you see them on TV, and not just in sci-fi movies. ...
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Innovation 4 Inclusion
May 24, 2019 /
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