Author: Esi Hardy

Esi (rhymes with messy) set up Celebrating Disability in 2017; offering training, consulting and auditing to support businesses attract, engage and retain disabled people. Having the opportunity to support businesses to see the wealth of benefits that disabled people can bring to business, either as customers or employees is a privilege. She is passionate about disability equality and inclusion and loves nothing more than that "Ah ha" moment with a client when they see what disability equality and inclusion can do for them.

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What Do You Call a Disabled Person

In this blog: The question: What Do You Call a Disabled Person is a fairly popular one. People often struggle to engage with disabled people...
Creating An Accessible Event

Creating An Accessible Event

In this blog:  What to do to create an event that is successfully accessible and inclusive for disabled people.  Helping disabled people to feel valued and welcome...
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Hiring Disabled Employees: 5 Reasons You Should

In this blog: We explore 5 main reasons that show how hiring disabled employees can benefit business and look at case studies from companies in...
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Understanding Disability Language

Disability language can be hard to get one's head around. One reason for this is because language surrounding disability is so fluid and what was...
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Disability Inclusion – I Did Something

In this blog: When promoting disability inclusion, it’s important to be consider as many factors as possible. Here are some tips to get you started....
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Recruiting Disabled People Into The Workplace

In this blog: A few quick tips to help you be successful when thinking about recruiting disabled people in the workplace. Field of Dreams Recruiting...
DISABILITY AWARENESS TRAINING BENEFITS

Disability Awareness Training Benefits

In This Blog: there are many benefits to disability awareness training. Within this blog, we have listed just 7 of these and the ways to...
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The Business Case for Disability Inclusion

The business case for disability inclusion in the workplace is a strong one.  Within the sector of disability inclusion, you do not have to go...
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An Unexpected Trip

Where My Journey Begins…. I recently attended an event in London. The details about where the event was held were quite sketchy.  Once I arrived at...
The Insidious Result of Language

The Insidious Result of Language

Language surrounding disability has always been a minefield To me, I have always been baffled over the complexity of what people make language to be....

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