Category: How To Talk About Disability

The language surrounding disability and disabled people can sometimes be tricky for people to understand. Especially when understanding which words to use and which words to avoid.

The articles in the section are designed to help you to understand what inclusive languages and how to use it so that you can be more confident when engaging and talking to disabled people.

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Why Reasonable Adjustment Conversations Aren’t Happening

The Gap Between Reasonable Adjustments Policy and Practice Over the past year, I have worked with multiple organisations investing in training for line managers responsible...

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Ensuring Your Disability Inclusion Efforts Are A Success

Many of these strategies have been very successful. These have included: The one thing that always works is when a company develops its culture from the...

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Creating Equitable Opportunities for Disabled Employees

Recruitment is often the first place businesses focus when thinking about disability inclusion. And it matters. If disabled people are not included in recruitment processes,...

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Supporting Employees to Disclose a Disability in the Workplace

Introduction Workplace inclusion is gaining more attention, and discussions about disability disclosure are becoming increasingly important. The UK government has proposed the Equality (Race and...

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Advocating for Disability Inclusion in a Changing DEI Landscape

For years, businesses have embraced Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as a way to build fairer, more innovative workplaces. At its best, DEI fosters environments...

A Disability-Inclusive Recruitment Process

Developing a disability inclusive recruitment process is a vital step in fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. However, many organisations unintentionally create barriers during the...

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Asking About Disability on a Form

Asking about disability on a form is not the only way to understand the support a person may need. In fact, it might not even...

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Spoon Theory: Disabled People’s Energy Levels

Disables people's energy levels can be used up subtly at times as we will go onto explaining this blog. Having an understanding of the barriers...

Including Disabled People

Demystifying the difference between accessibility and inclusion and explaining how they are different but need to be thought of in conjunction with each other

Assistive Technology in the Workplace

In This Blog: Assistive technology consists of systems and equipment; including physical devices and software. They are designed to maintain or increase performance for disabled...

Category: How To Talk About Disability

Why Reasonable Adjustment Conversations Aren’t Happening

Ensuring Your Disability Inclusion Efforts Are A Success

Creating Equitable Opportunities for Disabled Employees

Supporting Employees to Disclose a Disability in the Workplace

Advocating for Disability Inclusion in a Changing DEI Landscape

A Disability-Inclusive Recruitment Process

Asking About Disability on a Form

Spoon Theory: Disabled People’s Energy Levels

Including Disabled People

Assistive Technology in the Workplace

Let’s Talk About Inclusion