Driving Innovation through Disability Inclusion in 2026
Celebrating our 20th Anniversary
Thank you to our Boards, Members, and Partners for your dedication for the past two decades.
Disability inclusion takes leadership, clarity, employee engagement and intentional focus to ensure employees, applicants and customers with disabilities are fully included.
As we begin 2026, we remain strong in our commitment to engage and educate employers across the National Capital Region and beyond.
Are you looking for proven
ways to increase your organization's
disability inclusion
The Disability:IN DC Metro is the local best-practice business resource for you!
2026 Focus
Celebrate with us in person at our 20th Anniversary May 5th at K&L Gates 5:30 to 8:00 pm
The Voice of the Disability Community
- Join our First Annual Disability Inclusion Roundtable in September.
Accessibility
Digital and AI implications for our community.
- Seminar Presentation by Chief Accessibility Officer Eduardo Meza Etienne, with featured subject matter expert speakers.
Physical Access for employees, visitors and customers.
- Featuring C5 and United Spinal Association Accessibility Services work with MedStar.
Disability Owned Businesses
- D2D Quarterly Informal Virtual Networking Event.
- Partnering with AbilityJobs making connections for business outcomes.
Federal Outreach
- 2026 Federal Updates Event
- New Administration Appointees:
- Deputy Secretary of Labor Keith E. Sonderling
- ODEP Assistant Secretary, Julie Hocker
- VETS Assistant Secretary Jeremiah Workman
- EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas
- Providing input for NDEAM 2026
Vision
Cultivate workforces and workplaces where talent with disabilities are recruited, included, promoted, retained and valued as both internal talent and innovative vendors.
Mission
Building the business network for disability inclusion.
Our focus is on Culture Change!
Disability:IN®
We are the local affiliate of Disability:IN®, formerly the USBLN®.
Affiliates Matter
If your company operates in any of the 25 states that our 30 sister affiliates* are located, you should consider engagement in these local chapters. It’s at the local level that meaningful engagement occurs and enables your local leaders, your ERG Members and your employees to understand and model disability inclusion.
*There are also former affiliates, including VirginiaAbility, that serves the Metro Richmond, VA area and is an organization to join if your company has representation in that geography.
National Representation:
If your company operates nationally, then you should consider joining Disability:IN and attending the Annual National Conference for a national peer to peer dialog.
Branding your company:
As members local and national (if appropriate) is critical and will serve to draw talent with disabilities to your company, engage and retain your current workforce with disabilities and include disability-owned businesses in your supply chain.
Members
