[News from Diversability] October 12 event in Los Angeles for National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)

Join us for an in-person National Disability Employment Awareness Event in Los Angeles with Making Space.

Newsletter contents:

1. Join us in Los Angeles on Sunday, October 12, 2025 for a National Disability Employment Awareness Month networking event with Making Space.

2. Updates from the Diversability® Leadership Collective.

3. Other things we wanted to include in this newsletter:

   1. Get 15% off your membership Sekond Skin Society (fitness and yoga app dedicated to accessibility and inclusion) with coupon code ‘Diversability’.

   2. Diversability signed onto this open letter to the United Nations in advance of the annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security.

   3. Take our self-paced online course on disability inclusion geared toward allies, employers, and organizations.

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{Los Angeles, CA} October 12: National Disability Employment Awareness Month networking event with Making Space

Image description: A picture taken by Salvador Ceja Garcia of Making Space community members at our Disability Pride Month event. A femme presenting person with brown shoulder length hair and an orange tank top is seated in a wheelchair showing a worksheet to the person next to them. The person next to them is femme presenting, has blond hair and is wearing a blue tank top. Behind them are people mingling.

Diversability and Making Space are teaming up to bring you an afternoon of interactive networking activities and a panel discussion on building a strong network of Disabled professionals and allies. Moderated by Zoya Awan, Director of Public Affairs at Walmart, the panel discussion will delve into practical strategies for creating long-lasting connections.

Access info: Wheelchair accessible venue, ASL interpretation, sensory items available, indoor panel & remarks but outdoor refreshments and tables that groups are welcome to participate in their networking activity at, guests who are able are recommended to wear a KN94, KN95 or N95 face mask. We’ll provide some as well.

Access requests due by October 8.

1. Date: Sunday, October 12, 2025

2. Time: 2:00 - 4:30 pm PT

3. Where: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA

Not in Los Angeles? Attend Making Space’s virtual NDEAM event on October 6 or join their employment support group that meets every second Monday at 4pm PT/ 7pm ET.

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Updates from the Diversability Leadership Collective (DLC)

Since launching in 2021, our members have made over $37k in opportunities shared through the DLC!

The Diversability® Leadership Collective (DLC) is our members-only space to advance disability leadership, influence, and advocacy. Join over 170+ members for curated paid & visibility opportunities, members-only events, and community.

Our Facebook Group (7,400+ members) will continue to be a free, loosely moderated space for peer support, resources, and community.

Member Updates:

1. Hannah Soyer, who works at The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, helped organize this free webinar on October 8: Rethinking Entrepreneurship: Creative Paths to Income with Tiffany Yu.

2. Revisit Arielle Dance’s article for the SHRM blog, To Disclose a Disability, Employees Need to Feel Safe at Work.

3. Jennifer Chassman Browne is serving on the California Department of Aging and Disability Lived Experience Advisory Board.

4. Connect with Catarina Rivera if you’re attending the 3rd World Summit on Accessible Tourism.

5. Neil Hughes shares his thoughts on healing on Instagram.

6. Upcoming member event reminders: Sarah Todd Hammer’s virtual self-advocacy training on October 15 and Rene Benevides’s drop-in somatics practice group starting October 7.

7. Tiffany Yu has upcoming book events for The Anti-Ableist Manifesto in Scranton, PA (10/8), Tallahassee, FL (10/19), San Francisco, CA (11/17), and San Jose, CA (11/18).

Recent opportunities curated for DLC members:

1. Two upcoming TEDx speaker opportunities in the US and Australia.

2. Win up to $10,000 in awards for sharing your story.

3. Present at this adaptive sports conference.

4. Win up to $1,000 for your disability-owned business.

5. Receive a $40,000 journalism scholarship.

6. Get a free membership to The Disability Reimagined Membership.