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*** Expanding casting BEYOND CA - the company will pay travel for talent — thanks for sharing your networks over the weekend ***

Deadline remains Monday, November 6 at 12 noon PT

National Disability Employment Awareness Month has passed but the commitment for authentic casting continues.

Calling all aspiring non-union actors with disabilities - you won’t want to miss this opportunity to audition for a documentary — GHOST BOY.
Have you thought about being cast as the lead in a documentary? NOW is your opportunity:

Day & Page Casting is searching for non-non performers with visible disabilities for a feature-length documentary based on the book GHOST BOY by Martin Pistorius.

Submission Deadline - Monday, November 6 at 12 noon PT
Filming in Los Angeles: November 9 - 17
MARTIN AT AGE 16-20.

PLEASE SUBMIT actors 18 years or older TO PLAY YOUNGER.
Male. White. Nonunion. Upon becoming conscious again at 16, Martin has no memory of who or where he is. Coming out of a coma, his family and staff at the care center are not aware that although Martin appears non-responsive, he is fully conscious and aware of his surroundings. His determination to breakthrough isolation to connection is the power and passion of the film. Once he succeeds, the real journey begins.
Also - PLEASE SUBMIT WHEELCHAIR USERS AND ALL PERFORMERS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES…LEAD (but non-speaking). $2,000/week (7 days)

Also casting:
Care Facility Residents ages 12 - 20s. Any gender. non-union.
Any ethnicity…PRINCIPALS (non-speaking).
Please submit performers with visible physical disabilities. Pay - $200/day.

For more information and to submit your headshot, resume, demo reel (if you have one) contact - [email protected]

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Susan M. Daniels Class of 2022 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - National Disability Mentoring Coalition (NDMC) Our mission is to increase the awareness, quality, and impact of mentoring for individuals with disabilities across the nation.

Dear Colleagues,

The CA Transition Alliance in collaboration with the California Department of Rehabilitation are proud to announce a 90-minute webinar Roundtable called WORKING IT on Monday, April 3rd from 2:00 - 3:30 pm PT on Zoom.

Join our all-star presenters — Susan Mazrui from AT&T, Lori Golden from EY, Rylin Rodgers from Microsoft, Joshua Walker from Paramount Global, Diego Mariscal from 2Gether-International and Tali Bray from Wells Fargo. Together, we will deep dive into systemic barriers and attitudinal headwinds that preclude full employment of people with disabilities.

Learn real-time solutions and resources to increase Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) of people with disabilities across a variety of sectors with these disability-savvy companies and organizations. Roundtables moderated by Jessica Grove, CA Department of Rehabilitation and Tari Hartman Squire, EIN SOF Communications, Inc. and Lights! Camera! Access!

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0571HpXCR0yWw6ilqvHi5g?fbclid=IwAR3iW8qPPZL-esfe2bHv-NcM8qvwzlk3E4lUaCc2RtkxLAbd8j-bWTT0cVM

This is one Roundtable you won’t want to miss!!! Thanks to the Great Lakes ADA Center for hosting. ASL sign language interpreters and CART open captions will be provided.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: WORKING IT - An Employer Roundtable. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Roundtables presented by the California Transition Alliance (non-profit dedicated to helping youth make positive transitions to adult life) in collaboration with the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR). Host: Great Lakes ADA Center Captions and ASL sign language provided. Did you know? •...

Read about the life of Judith Heumann in this American Association of People with Disabilities press release https://www.aapd.com/press-releases/the-world-mourns-the-passing-of-judy-heumann-disability-rights-activist/

Fighting back and social justice was in Judy's DNA. Being denied public education and tagged a "fire hazard," her mom fought back. After Judy got her teaching credential, she was again initially denied a teaching post and then became the first teacher in NY state to use a wheelchair. In a turn of poetic justice, she later was appointed by President Clinton to be Assistant Secretary for the US Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Sending love to her family of origin and those of us to be blessed in her family by choice. Lead on in commUNITY and Rest in Power. 💔

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The World Mourns the Passing of Judy Heumann, Disability Rights Activist - AAPD Judith “Judy” Heumann—widely regarded as “the mother” of the disability rights movement—passed away in Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of March 4, 2023. Judy was at the forefront of major disability rights demonstrations, helped spearhead the passage of disability rights legislation, f...

"I Didn’t See You There", a documentary like any other, depicts life from the view of Reid Davenport.

A Disability Film Unlike Any Other "I Didn’t See You There" depicts, with a hypnotic realism, life from the perspective of a disabled person.