How To Find a Job That’s a Good Fit When You Have a Hidden Disability
These three things can make all the difference when searching for a good fit.
No ‘Disorder’ Can Hold Me Back
“Disability is not inability,” said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in one of is blog posts on LinkedIn, which can be categorically summed up how differently abled entrepreneurs are inspiring others.
How Businesses Can Help End Discrimination For Employees With Disabilities
Millions of people with disabilities want jobs but can't get hired, even though five foundational federal laws are in place to protect the 61 million adult Americans with disabilities from employment discrimination. Yet a stigma that still exists in the workplace limits all hopes of fulfilling the American Dream for many of these individuals.
9 Simple Ways Your Workplace Can Be More Inclusive of People with Disabilities
Disability-rights activists and experts laid out simple measures any employer can take.
Disability is the missing piece in the DEI puzzle
Disability:IN is helping companies hire more people with disabilities while expanding the global conversation around diversity, equity, and inclusion
Americans With Disabilities Still Can’t Land Jobs
Before the Americans with Disabilities Act, the country was a very different place for people with disabilities, who had to navigate hurdles such as inaccessible public buildings. Yet when it comes to the workforce, the hurdles may not look much different than they did 27 years ago.
Why Companies Who Hire People With Disabilities Outperformed Their Peers
Companies that offered the most inclusive working environment for disabled employees achieved an average of 28% higher revenue. Here’s why.
The Difference Between Impairment, Disability and Handicap
The words “impairment,” “disability,” and “handicap,” are often used interchangeably. They have very different meanings, however.
Disability or Disabled? Which term is right?
The words disability and disabled describe functional limitations that affect one or more major life activities such as walking, lifting, learning, breathing and everyday day tasks. Which term is right?
Taking another look at blind employees
Visually impaired individuals can bring valuable skills to the workplace, yet many struggle to find employment.
Is mental illness technically considered a disability?
What happens if your mental illness limits or even prevents you from working? Does disability insurance cover mental health conditions?
How to stop tokenism and break the stigma of disability in the workforce
Approximately 15% of the world’s population live with some form of disability but only 2-4% have disabilities which cause significant difficulties functioning, yet disabled people are over a third less likely to be employed than non-disabled people.
Corporate Diversity Efforts Often Leave Out an Important Group: People With Disabilities
The robust economy, high productivity, and a 3.7% unemployment rate—the lowest in decades—has prompted businesses of all sizes to double down on recruiting and hiring efforts. They’re eager to fill vacancies at every level, from minimum-wage jobs to executive roles—yet these efforts often overlook an important resource.
Meet the Black Woman Advocating for Greater Disability Visibility
Consultant and producer Andraéa LaVant says she strives "to infiltrate spaces that those with disabilities have never been before.”
Advertising’s Next Inclusion Revolution: Elevating Disability
October is National Disability Employment Awareness month.
Canada Is Getting To Grips With Disability Inclusion But Still Has A Long Way To Go
Understanding the importance of workplace disability inclusion is evolving In Canada but the pace of change is slow when compared to the rest of North America.
5 ways to embrace autism in the workplace
As our society becomes more aware of autism, and the different ways it manifests in different people, we also must become more cognizant of the fact that autism in the workplace could be a reality for many businesses.
What is considered a disability in the workplace?
The benefits of diversity in the workplace have been proven in multiple studies but when we look at the statistics we learn we have quite a way to go. Particularly when it comes to the integration of people with disabilities.
Understanding invisible disabilities in the workplace
Not all disabilities are obvious to the eye.
Entrepreneurs Can Help Fix the Unemployment Crisis for Disabled Communities
2020 has disproportionately affected the disabled community: These experts offer a solution.