Written By: Menachem Rephun, Communications Manager/Advocate and Joanna McElnea, Community Manager/Advocate Image description: A neurodiverse woman in a black and white dress and jacket stands in front of the US Capital Building in Washington D.C. USA with a blue and green sign that reads “normalize neurodiversity in the workplace.” Taken at 2023 CEO Hill Day....

Written By: Olivia Nero, Neurodiversity Ally and Creative Spirit Intern 2023, and Menachem Rephun, Communications Manager, Creative Spirit Gen Z could easily be described as the most diverse generation. Instead of letting that diversity divide them, however, Gen Z is embracing it and turning it into a strength. This younger generation is more open about...

Written By: Olivia Nero, Neurodiversity Ally and Creative Spirit Intern 2023, and Menachem Rephun, Communications Manager, Creative Spirit The title “Neurodiversity in Literature” is written in blue in an open purple book surrounded by a white background with the Creative Spirit logo in the bottom right corner. Neurodivergence is a topic that was once avoided...

Written By: Menachem Rephun, Creative Spirit Communication Manager Since the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990, Disability Pride Month has been held annually in July to commemorate this extremely important legislation. At the same time, the scope and focus of disability pride month goes beyond merely celebrating the ADA. As the...

Written By: Menachem Rephun, Creative Spirit Communication Manager In the history of the disability rights movement, few individuals are more renowned and celebrated than Helen Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968), and for good reason. A lecturer, political activist, and author of more than 14 books and hundreds of essays and speeches, Keller...

Written By: Menachem Rephun, Creative Spirit Communication Manager We are heartbroken to share with our Creative Spirit community that our beloved vice chair and friend Karen Eisenbach has passed away. A board member since Creative Spirit’s founding in 2017, Karen was a passionate, dedicated champion of inclusion and representation for all people with disabilities. She...

Written By: Menachem Rephun, Creative Spirit Communication Manager For over a century, the disability rights movement has seen its share of outstanding individuals who have been “movers and shakers” in the truest sense, working to protect fundamental civil liberties and ensure inclusion and representation for the roughly 61 million Americans with disabilities. Groundbreaking legislation such...

By: Menachem Rephun, Creative Spirit Communication Manager April is National Autism Awareness Month. Vector illustration. Holiday poster. Source: Getty Images The Current Employment Reality for the Autism Community Approximately 1% of the global population (over 75,000,000 people) live with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a broad group of conditions whose symptoms include challenges with social skills...

By Menachem Rephun, Creative Spirit Communication Manager A Disability Pride Parade in New York City, from disabilitypridenyc.org. Since its beginnings in the early 19th century with efforts to provide formal education for deaf and deaf-blind individuals, the disability rights movement has worked to achieve inclusion and societal acceptance, shatter stigmas, and expand recognition that individuals with...

By Menachem Rephun, Creative Spirit Communication Manager We’re very saddened to share that Judy Heumann, the renowned disability rights activist who co-organized the historic “504 Sit-In” in 1977 and helped pave the way for the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the Rehabilitation Act, has passed away at...