Tourism is one of the world’s most lucrative industries, comprising roughly 10% of the global GDP as of 2019 and generating upwards of $9 trillion that year, according to World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). Unfortunately, the millions of people with disabilities in the U.S. and worldwide are still routinely excluded from travel for various...

By Joanna McElnea, Community Manager + Disability Advocate, Creative Spirit Activations that piqued our interest The First-Ever Cannes MetaVerse Disco supporting Creative Spirit! Gary Vaynerchuk’s VaynerX, their long-term diverse hiring partner Hidden, and non-profit Creative Spirit have joined forces to bring the metaverse to Cannes Lions in a first-ever phygital party at the festival. The...

Curated By Creative Spirit’s Communications Team With Roe Overturned, Advocates Fear Disability Rights May Be Next Disability News Round-Up: by Michelle Diament- June 27, 2022 – Advocates say that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will disproportionately harm people with disabilities. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS) Across US, Special Education Enrollment On The...

By Menachem Rephun, Self-advocate + Creative Spirit Staff Phil Viardo and Christopher Knight’s documentary Truelove: The Film begins with a simple yet powerful statement: “I just go through life one day at a time. I don’t know what’s going to happen, we’re not promised tomorrow. I’m just thankful to be able to wake up and...

By Joanna McElnea &Menachem Rephun, Self-advocates + Creative Spirit Staff An Open Letter To Americans on the 32nd Anniversary Of The Americans With Disabilities Act Overview Of ADAFor Creative Spirit, the July 26 anniversary of the #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct (ADA) is our annual opportunity to reflect on the global conversations on equity and inclusion, to see where...

By Menachem Raphun, Communications Manager, Creative Spirit July’s #BIPOCMentalHealthMonth celebrates the diversity of #BIPOC communities and promotes a vital message: that representation, equity, and inclusion for BIPOC people with disabilities need to be substantially improved, along with the quality of mental health care. As noted by Mental Health America, more than 7 million African-American individuals...

By Creative Spirit’s Communications Team Virgin, LinkedIn logos, “Dyslexic Thinking”, white letters against a blue background… “Reframing dyslexia as a skill in the workplace”Dyslexic Thinking Award – LinkedIn, FCB Inferno London, and Virgin Group received a Titanium Lion award at this year’s Lions festival in Cannes for their “Dyslexic Thinking” campaign, which allows LinkedIn users...

The Great Resignation is the term applied to the Covid-19 era trend in which a near-record 47.4 million employees left their jobs in favor of better opportunities, leading to a severe imbalance between worker supply and employer demand. For millions of people with disabilities, who were especially hard hit by the pandemic, getting rehired was...

By Menachem Rephun, Communications Manager Creative Spirit and Self Advocate, and Joanna McElnea, Community Manager Creative Spirit and Self Advocate “Disclosing a disability to an employer enables a person to live one’s life authentically and be able to bring one’s whole self to work. Hiding a disability takes… energy that could be better spent elsewhere,...

If you’ve ever met someone with WS, chances are you’ve been struck by their exceptionally warm, engaging, and outgoing personalities. Held every May, #WilliamsSyndromeMonth seeks to broaden awareness of WS, which, despite being discovered in 1961, is still largely unknown to most people. Williams Syndrome Month is our opportunity to address one of the most...