Disabled people thriving.

Access, economic opportunity, self-determination. We all need these to thrive. But barriers and bias continue to exclude disabled people from the workplace …and all the freedoms and dignity a good paying job brings. We are working to change that.

Our disability-led programs tackle the problem from both sides: empowering individuals with disabilities to succeed in their careers and shifting systems to build inclusion and belonging.

Latest News

  • Building Disability Confidence with Workforce Partners

    Highlights from the 11th Annual Starkloff Disability Employment Summit During the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) this October, we proudly hosted the 11th Annual Starkloff Disability Employment Summit, a day dedicated to empowering workplace partners to lead with disability confidence. Thanks [...]

  • We Did It—Together!

    The Starkloff DisCo: Thriving Together. Thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, the Starkloff Disability Institute reached—and even surpassed—our goal of raising $100,000 during The Starkloff DisCo: Thriving Together campaign. In just one day, 176 supporters came together to raise a total of $100,050 [...]

  • A Roll Through St. Louis with Metro

    by Steve Foelsch, Disability Policy Advisor On the list of things you need to have and do in order to live, learn, work, and play—to fully participate—in your community, what are the must-haves? Housing? Healthcare? Childcare? Technology? Education? Employment? Transportation? All of these resources are important [...]