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HR Brew: World of HR: Disability Equality Index expands globally

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 [...]

2024-02-26T10:55:53-05:00February 26th, 2024|Global, In the News|

Fortune CHRO Daily: Only 10% of Fortune 500 companies disclose how many people with disabilities work at their organization—but employees expect more transparency

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 [...]

2024-01-31T12:37:46-05:00January 31st, 2024|In the News|

Event Marketer: Q&A: Inside Google’s New ‘Inclusive Event Design Guide’ for the Industry

“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, [...]

2024-01-31T12:13:33-05:00January 31st, 2024|In the News|

Forbes: Disability:IN Internationalizes Corporate Inclusion Benchmarking With New Tool

Virginia-based corporate disability inclusion best practice and benchmarking expert Disability:IN has announced plans to launch its acclaimed Disability Equality Index internationally. The index measures corporate disability metrics and maturity through survey data across important categories such as culture and leadership, enterprise-wide access, employment practices, community engagement and supplier diversity. [...]

2024-01-31T11:55:45-05:00January 31st, 2024|In the News|

Cosmopolitan: Meet VMA: The App That’s Going to Forever Change How Blind People Do Their Makeup

Voice-enabled Makeup Assistant is here—and Cosmo chatted with four of the app’s users. For those with low-vision or blindness, putting on makeup is typically a two-person job. Sure, you can learn to dab on concealer or blend out your Drunk Elephant Bronzing Drops with a couple of #GetReadyWithMe TikToks [...]

2024-01-09T11:45:05-05:00January 9th, 2024|In the News|

Forbes: Latest Accenture Research Confirms Disability Inclusive Companies Are More Profitable

Back in 2018, an Accenture report entitled “Getting to Equal: The Disability Inclusion Advantage” demonstrated to the business community how companies that embrace disability inclusion tend to outperform their peers across a number of key commercial metrics. The report went on to become an authoritative source for citations over [...]

2023-12-15T12:04:09-05:00December 15th, 2023|In the News|
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