Building an Inclusive Workplace at Walgreens: A Look at the Company's Commitment to Disability Inclusion On average, one in four people in the U.S. will have a disability at any given point in their lives. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, people with disabilities are three times [...]
The company's Accessibility Center of Excellence wants to change the way we think about cars. The cruise control function has been around since the late 1950s, allowing drivers to keep a constant speed. Today, this often-standard feature is not just for rolling along while resting your right foot; drivers [...]
Calls on companies, investors, regulatory bodies, stock exchanges and corporate stewardship organizations to take actionable steps to increase board-level disability inclusion; publishes global board disclosure research. ALEXANDRIA, VA. (June 21, 2023)—Disability:IN, the global nonprofit driving disability inclusion in business, today introduced “Boards Are IN,” an initiative to accelerate the [...]
Fidelity Investments is fast-tracking disability inclusion “Without accessible products and services, millions of customers with disabilities cannot manage their finances independently. I have been overwhelmed by the visibility and level of engagement our leaders and senior executives devote to accessibility. Knowing that we can turn to them to message [...]
Reid Jewett Smith, Ph.D. Director of Research For me, researching self identification was more than a problem-driven academic exercise; this project led me down an introspective and metacognitive path that placed me squarely in the middle of the subject. Here, I can’t help but think about The [...]
The Idea Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD) is an opportunity to highlight the importance of making sure the technology we build and buy can be used by people with disabilities around the globe. Accessibility is essential for people like me as I am legally blind and I use a screen [...]
Mentee: Casey Droege, President & Founder, Casey Droege Cultural Productions Website: www.caseydroege.com Mentor: Kaitlin Vallance, Head of Procurement: Global Brands & Global Travel Diageo Website: www.diageo.com Supplier Diversity Website: https://www.diageo.com/en/esg/champion-inclusion-and-diversity Kathleen Castore, Disability: IN Supplier Mentoring & Development Consultant spoke with Casey Droege from Casey Droege Cultural Productions and [...]
Minority-owned business certification dates back to the 1970s but only gradually began being considered potentially applicable to entrepreneurs with disabilities some 15 years ago — decades after the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. This explains why, in 2023, there are only 500 DOBEs across the [...]
Adapt Business Resource Group and Disability:IN - Creating Pathways to Acceptance Miranda McCarthy and Laura Nietupski appear to be healthy, happy, successful MassMutual employees. Miranda is a Change Readiness Consultant and Laura is an Insurance Operations Senior Director. Each has been with the company for over 10 years. Both have [...]
Advancing Accessibility: Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) Disability:IN is proud to join inclusion champions around the world in celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD) on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Recognized annually on the third Thursday of May, GAAD raises awareness of digital access and inclusion for over one [...]
