Welcome to Disability: IN’s monthly round up of digital accessibility news for April. At Disability:IN we know that digital accessibility impacts all aspects of disability inclusion. If you have questions about our digital accessibility program, please contact Jeff Wissel, our Chief Accessibility Officer. Disability:IN Happenings As the Chief Accessibility [...]
Join IN Email Inquiry CEO Letter on Disability Inclusion View Official Letter. Understanding that we are all operating in an unprecedented environment with multiple, competing interests for the time and attention of the CEO, we are writing to [...]
While Daylight Saving Time might seem like a minor inconvenience or an hour of lost sleep for many, it can have a considerable impact on people with disabilities. As companies strive to foster inclusive environments, it's important to consider the unique challenges this time shift may present. Routine Adaptation: [...]
Welcome to Disability: IN’s monthly round up of digital accessibility news for March. At Disability:IN we know that digital accessibility impacts all aspects of disability inclusion. If you have questions about our digital accessibility program, please contact Jeff Wissel, our Chief Accessibility Officer. Disability:IN Happenings Rounding out our cross-channel [...]
Alexia Vernon Chief Executive Officer of Step into Your Moxie Visit Step into Your Moxie Homepage Kathleen Castore, Disability:IN Supplier Diversity Mentoring & Development Consultant spoke with Alexia Vernon, Chief Executive Officer at Step into Your Moxie to discuss the progress and lessons learned during [...]
People with disabilities often face obstacles to employment due to low societal expectations, stigma, and lack of access to education and training. Fortunately, this trend is changing due to innovative company programs. To help provide professional development opportunities for people with disabilities, Expedia Group launched a pilot program in [...]
BREMEN: Within the context of human capital governance, where does DEI fit in? Where does disability inclusion fit, and why is it so important? KENNEDY: The Disability Equality Index measures and scores companies based on their progress toward inclusion, equality and justice for people with disabilities. I’m very proud [...]
Disability:IN hopes it will increase disability inclusion and representation at more multinational companies.HR pros may soon have a better understanding of what disability inclusion looks like in different countries, thanks to a recently expanded benchmarking index.Where in the world? Disability:IN, the organization behind the Disability Equality Index (DEI), an annual [...]
Good morning! The mainstreaming of remote work and a renewed emphasis on DEI programs in 2020 has put disability inclusion in the limelight over the past few years, and the workforce participation rate for people with disabilities has hit record highs. And as those numbers have gone up, more companies [...]
“Google wants to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible—that is the mission of the company—and I think if you follow that sentiment to its logical conclusion, accessibility and making things accessible to all of our users can only happen if we understand what our users need, [...]
