Tag: people with disabilities

Billion Strong Launches A Crowdfunding Campaign To Support Its Global Disability Movement

Global Nonprofit Organization Billion Strong launches crowdfunding campaign to help create an internal movement for people with disabilities (PwDs) around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are 1.3 billion PwDs around the world. And while creating a global community of 1.3 billion people might seem like a lofty goal, Billion Strong, […]

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‘The Disability Collection’: The New Project By Verizon Media, NDLA, and Getty Images To Empower Visibility And Normalisation

 People with disabilities account for roughly 15% of the population, yet they only appear in about 2% of the pictures we encounter in the media. The visuals we see are far from accurate and insufficient. Through The Disability Collection, Verizon Media, Getty Images, and the National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA) set out to alter the […]

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