Welcome to Disability:IN’s monthly round up of digital accessibility news for July. 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 Annual Global Conference and ExpoJuly 17th – 21st [...]
Lockheed Martin’s PATH to Neurodiversity Lockheed Martin believes that diversity of thought is vital to innovation and is committed to bringing different perspectives to creating ground-breaking technologies that enable their customers to fulfill their important missions. Two years ago, Lockheed Martin’s Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) began a pilot [...]
Nearly 15% of the world’s population experiences some form of disability – yet historically, the portrayal of people with disabilities in marketing has rendered them all but invisible. Disability:IN partnered with Google to launch "All In" - an accessible marketing playbook. And what better place to introduce these insights [...]
Access official release on BusinessWire Best-in-class global employment programs aim to improve disability representation in financial services, technology and other hard-to-hire sectors ALEXANDRIA, VA. (June 23, 2022)—Disability:IN, the leading global organization driving business disability inclusion, today announced that more than 200,000 [...]
The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and Disability:IN are teaming up to promote five exciting days of events for our shared membership at the Dallas Sheraton Hotel the week of July 18. The week will kick off with Disability:IN’s 2022 Global Conference and Expo taking place at the Sheraton Dallas [...]
For this month's round up of digital accessibility news, we took a different approach: highlighting Disability:IN corporate partners and how they celebrated and recognized the importance of accessibility for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD - May 19). As always, if you have questions about our digital [...]
Create Inclusion Every Day The Southwest Airlines Accommodations Team Inclusion has always been at the Heart of Southwest Airlines®. Southwest recognizes, respects, and values differences. By fostering a Culture that embraces and utilizes our diversity, we create competitive advantages in Teamwork and innovation that contribute to our overall success. [...]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) urge SEC Chair Gary Gensler to require diversity disclosure reporting including disability status. Letter states future rulemaking related to human capital management and diversity should include disability status. This week, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial [...]
As hybrid work continues, digital accessibility features are vital to many disabled workers. ICYMI, yesterday, May 19, was Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), which aims to raise worldwide awareness about digital accessibility and inclusion. Now in its 11th year, GAAD falls on the third Thursday of May and, according [...]
Accommodations like remote work and captioning on video calls were a step in the right direction. But more can be done to support employees with disabilities going forward. Before the pandemic, Tori Allen would take client calls over the phone. But as someone who's hard of hearing, it was [...]
