Disability Empowerment Center recently partnered with Public Health – Seattle & King County to co-conduct a survey and issue a report about the impact COVID has had on people with disabilities.

This month we are marking Robert Blumenfeld’s 25th anniversary with our organization and announcing his upcoming retirement! Robert serves as our Associate Director, overseeing numerous programs at Disability Empowerment Center.

We’re excited to celebrate Disability Pride Month this July!

Disability Pride Month started in 1990 with the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26. That landmark legislation prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities.

The Alliance of People with disAbilities is now, Disability Empowerment Center!

Our new name reflects the critical direct services we provide our community in an empowering setting that emphasizes choice and autonomy for people with disabilities.

In the disability rights movement, an “Independent Living Center” is not referring to residential housing.

An Independent Living Center is a community-based nonprofit organization led and run by people with disabilities to serve other people with disabilities.

One of the Disability Empowerment Center’s most concentrated groups of individuals engaging in our services is at a local Sustainable Housing for Ageless Generations (SHAG) facility. This facility is home to 180 seniors and people with disabilities

When Washington state ended its indoor mask mandate in March, some people with disabilities and their advocates pushed back.

Many people with disabilities or chronic health conditions are at higher risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19.