Celebrating Disability Blog
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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 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...
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. When working in the disability charity sector, I was constantly perplexed by the terms that were used to describe...
Becoming A Confident Business Owner
When developing my confidence as a new business owner, what I found most helpful was the experience that came with time. As a disabled business owner, there can be added barriers to navigate; sometimes due to perceptions and attitude and other times due to...
Using the experiences of disabled people to create a better service for everyone
Creating a better service for everyone On a personal note, there are so many occasions (about 4 or 5 a day) where I think “a disabled person was obviously not consulted when this was designed”. It’s so frustrating. It’s not only me who thinks this, just listen to the...
Disability Inclusion Training vs Disability Awareness
The Definition When researching disability awareness training, you may have come across different organisations describing their training as either inclusion or awareness. This may, on the surface, seem no more than a choice of language. For some trainers it may be...
Attracting Disabled Candidates
The Right Candidate When recruiting for a role, whether that role is paid or voluntary, full-time or part-time, you always want to make sure that you’re getting as much value for money as possible. You want to recruit somebody that will do the job to the best of their...
Inclusive Design – Designing For All
Recently I have been experiencing for myself the frustrations faced when going to buy a product. Thinking the product will enhance my independence however, often it has turned out to be inaccessible. With modern technology moving at the rate it is, we should be...
A Culture of Diversity
Recruit for Diversity Whether a one man band or a business employing millions, it is imperative that there is a culture that builds on the strengths of employees. As is in all organisations a diverse workforce is the best and only way to achieve this for certain. This...
Does Your Business Really Need to be Accessible?
Well, the short answer is: Yes! Absolutely. Without a doubt Every single business in every single sector needs to be inclusive of disabled people: Disabled people as customers, disabled people as employees, disabled people as suppliers, disabled people as partners....
Not Another Wheelchair User!
The Situation As a wheelchair user and a non-driver, I rely heavily on the train service to maintain relative independence. I consciously chose to live in an area that was not only on a train line but central to stations that would connect me to a large part of the...
The Advantages of Using a Disability Mediator
There are many advantages in using a disability mediator to help you resolve conflict. This can arise in family, community or in the working environment and it is particularly beneficial if you feel too intimidated to speak out and make your voice heard. Where the...
Disability Equality – The Overlooked Essential for Any Business
It costs to overlook disability Along with the other supplier processes that you need such as HR, Business Development and Sales, Disability Equality is an essential. A lot of people think that disability equality and inclusion is “a nice to have but not an...
The Value of Disability Inclusion
In This Blog: Esi, Managing Director of Celebrating Disability tells a little of her personal story that led her to advocating for disability inclusion. She talks about many of the barriers that she has faced in her life that have been pivotal to her decision to set...