Filed under Disability Awareness & Confidence Reading time: 5 min. | Guest post by Wayne Connell One of the most important things to grasp about disability, is that disability is diverse. Some disabilities are visible. But the most common ones are invisible. So what exactly is an invisible disability? Is it a specific illness or…
Most DEI conversations tend to focus on gender and/or ethnicity. Disability is either left out altogether; or mentioned merely in passing as part of “other under-represented groups.” It’s essential to make sure disability is included in this dialogue — because disability inclusion is driving the future success of businesses; and driving change in the nature of work.
Dean Askin, Communications Strategist Filed under Disability Awareness & Confidence A few days ago I was analyzing statistics from ODEN’s Disability Myth Quiz, for an internal report about our National Disability Employment Awareness Month campaign. And the analysis was disturbing, to say the least. Over 200 people — 237, to be exact — did the…
Dean Askin, Communications Strategist Filed under Disability Awareness & Confidence, Inclusive Hiring Second in a two-part series In 2021, there’s more awareness, conversation and action on disability-inclusive recruiting and hiring of talent, than ever before. This is a good thing. For job seekers who have a disability; businesses; and the economy alike. Numerous research…
As we start off the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, businesses in some sectors are still fighting for survival while others are growing. The pandemic crisis will end eventually. The world will bounce back. Just like it did a century ago at the end of the Spanish Influenza. Coming out of this pandemic, business…
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