At Disability:IN, we believe accessible technology is an essential aspect of diversity and inclusion and a lever for innovation. In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), we are pleased to share accessibility-related resources and opportunities to learn. We welcome business professionals to join IN accessibility initiatives from [...]
As many businesses across the U.S. have cobbled together work-from-home programs to comply with COVID-19 social-distancing measures, some workers with disabilities wonder why they were told for so long that they couldn’t work remotely to accommodate their disability — and now hope that this moment could be a turning [...]
Small Business Roundtable Hosted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a National Discussion on Impacts of COVID-19 and American Small BusinessWashington, D.C., May 5, 2020 – The Small Business Roundtable (SBR), a coalition of leading small business and entrepreneurship organizations, hosted a national virtual discussion with Speaker of the U.S. House of [...]
COVID-19 Disability:IN has compiled the following resources to support your disability inclusion work during COVID-19. As we work together and learn during this unprecedented time, we are guided by two broad principles: 1. Designing and implementing responses to COVID-19 that are based on facts, objective evidence, and science; and [...]
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, Boston, approved new proxy voting guidelines designed to increase board diversity, ban guns in the workplace and prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities. Read the full article on Pensions & Investments magazine.
Involved with our Supplier Diversity program since its inception in 2010, Philip DeVliegher has had a hand in developing the program strategy and execution. In January 2020, Philip became the Vice President of Supplier Diversity. Learn more about Philip and the Supplier Diversity program from his recent interview. What [...]
"But there is more to life than apps. Much of what the disabled need isn’t technology but compassion and common sense, according to a number of architects and consultants. And not every effort to accommodate the disabled has to be a big one. 'You can make a series [...]
Disability:IN is thrilled to welcome Intel's Corporate Director of Accessibility, Amy Warner, as a new member of our Board of Directors. Disability:IN, a global non-profit that empowers businesses to achieve disability inclusion and equality, has named Amy Warner – Vice President and General Manager, IT Digital Business Solutions and [...]
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To our corporate partners, board members, Affiliates, disability-owned businesses, NextGen Leaders, friends, and allies: 2019 has been an incredible year and we have all of you to thank! We are gaining momentum to help improve the unacceptable low labor force participation rate. More companies are taking the Disability Equality [...]
