Category Archives: Difference and Inclusion

Single-handed NYC: Is there room for disability?

Being Seen, Difference and Inclusion, Disability AdvocacyBy Ruth Rathblott July 20, 2021 Leave a comment

Is there room in our conversations about diversity for disability? When I have asked whether people see me as diverse, the answer I usually get is related to my gender, not my limb difference. During a presentation I gave a couple of years ago, an audience member questioned whether disability really belongs in conversations of…

Starbucks, can you help?

Difference and InclusionBy Ruth Rathblott March 10, 2020 Leave a comment

In light of the previous national conversation on bias at Starbucks, I began wondering if an afternoon is enough to change a mindset, to initiate a larger national discussion on difference, and to cover all the facets of diversity? I imagine not, but perhaps it’s a beginning. And, in order to understand another’s bias and…