Celebrating Disability Blog
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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 people. Disabled people in the UK face disproportionately high unemployment rates, with...
Prioritising Disability Webinar
https://youtu.be/SKnh_2mylkE Prioritising Disability webinar held on 30th March 2020 Transcription Okay, so just a quick overview of what we will be covering today in today's webinar. So we will be discovering a brief introduction to Celebrating Disability so that you...
Prioritising Disability in the Workplace
In This Blog: disability inclusion in the workplace can be the top inclusion priority for many organisations. This blog talks about the ways to implement strategies. Making what can seem a mammoth task, a lot more manageable Disability in the Workplace - an...
Why Disability Awareness in the Workplace Matters
In This Blog: a culture that is inclusive of disabled people does not just happen. This blog will offer insight into why disability awareness in the workplace matters. With insight for what leaders can do to support a culture of inclusion. Yesterday, I went to a...
Disclosing a Disability – Why Disabled Employees Don’t
In This Blog: There are many reasons why disabled people choose not to disclose a disability. The prevailing reason being fear of discrimination. Here are 7 ways to encourage confidence to disclose Encouraging Discloser - Why It Matters A few reasons would include:...
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 due to fear of offending. Here's what you can do... Sounds like the start of a very bad joke, doesn’t it? What Do You Call a...
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 Why Create An Accessible Event With 1 in 5 people in the UK being disabled, it is likely the 1 in 5...
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 America who are making it a success. We all agree that everyone has an equal right to employment. For years, employers have...
Disability Language: How To Talk About Disability
In This Blog: 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 the common term from 30 years ago, may not be the common time today. This blog will help to get to grips...
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. Quick Links: Planning for the majority Captioning services Think about access requirements Looking deeper Setting the...
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 disabled people into the workplace is a bit like that Kevin Costner film. You know the one with the line: “if you build...
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 harness these benefits within your organisation Disability awareness and inclusion training can often take a backseat to other...
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 far to hear a disability expert talk about how supporting disabled people to achieve in the workplace has nothing but...
How To Make Your Business More Accessible
When you break down the term ‘accessibility’, you get the most straightforward definition in the word - the ‘ability’ to ‘access’. It doesn’t specifically refer to only disabled people - although most of the time it is assumed so. Accessible design is about creating a...
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 event, I realised that this was because the event was internal and therefore probably didn’t need to be more...