Practical, inclusive training that empowers your team to support people with disabilities.

PYD offers on-demand courses, live training, certifications, and ready-to-teach curricula that help organizations build environments where everyone can participate fully—and thrive.

Online Learning

Live Training

Mentoring Certification

Career Readiness Curriculum

Online Learning

On-demand expert-led training

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LEARN turns lived disability experience into practical strategies for educators, nonprofits, and employers. Courses are short, flexible, and designed to build confidence and real-world skills.

Your Team Gains

• Real guidance rooted in lived experience
• Short, focused lessons
• Immediately usable tools
• Learning for all sectors
• A clear path to sustainable inclusion

PYD is a licensed provider of Professional Development Points in Massachusetts.

Live Training & Professional Development

Equip your team with the confidence and practical tools to create welcoming, accessible experiences.

PYD delivers clear, actionable training grounded in real stories and real-world scenarios so staff can turn inclusion into consistent daily practice.

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Your Team Gains

• Staff who feel prepared
• More accessible processes and communication
• Flexible formats (60–90 minutes or multi-session series)

Core Topics:
Disability & Inclusion • Neurodiversity • UDL • Accessible Events • Inclusive Workplaces • Positive Behavior • Disability & Trauma • Disability & Gender

Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame

Honoring individuals and organizations who expand opportunity for people with disabilities through mentorship.

Named for disability rights leader and mentor Susan M. Daniels, the Hall of Fame honors those advancing her legacy. Launched in 2015 with 25 inductees for the ADA’s 25th anniversary, a total of 257 inductees (225 individuals and 32 organizations) have been inducted to date.

Celebrate disability-inclusive mentoring: nominate a mentor, explore inductee stories, and join the movement.

What our Hall of Fame Inductees are Saying:

National Disability Mentoring Cerification

This certification gives mentoring practitioners a proven framework, practical tools, and step-by-step support to build an Inclusion Action Plan that improves accessibility across mentoring programs.

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Your Team Gains

Ready-to-use templates and strategies
Disability Mentoring Certification
Tools to strengthen inclusion and outcomes for youth
Networking workshops with a national peer community

Register for the 101-Level Cohort

Impact:
211 professionals • 95 organizations • 34 states + Canada + The Bahamas

We help organizations and individuals use mentoring as a powerful strategy for disability inclusion. When you join our network, you gain access to tools, connections, and knowledge that make a real impact.

“With 30 years in volunteer management, this course re-sparked my passion. The materials were outstanding and supported real organizational change.”

Career Readiness Curriculum

A ready-to-teach, disability-inclusive curriculum for high school classrooms.

For 25+ years, PYD’s Career Readiness program has helped students gain the skills and confidence to explore their future pathways. Now, schools and nonprofits nationwide can bring the same proven model to their students.

Your purchase includes:
16-unit curriculum • Start-up training • Personalized onboarding • Ongoing support • Access to PYD experts

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