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Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month

Behind the Screen: Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month in the Workplace Each year, the month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. This month provides awareness of various mental health challenges facing workers across corporate America. According to Accenture, mental health affects 90% of [...]

The American Management Association’s AMA Quarterly: How executives can more effectively include people with disabilities

Leaders have an opportunity to do more to be inclusive of people with disabilities–their employees, customers, and the public. By Jill Houghton Convincing leaders usually starts with the business case. The good news is there’s a strong one. When Disability:IN, a global organization driving disability inclusion and equality in [...]

Partner Spotlight: Deloitte

Deloitte’s focus on accessibility underscores the organization’s commitment to equity and inclusion for people with disabilitiesDeloitte has a longstanding reputation as a leader in advocating for the people with disabilities (PwD) community, which is evident at all levels of their organization – from local employee engagement to national executive-level sponsorship. [...]

2023-04-26T16:21:05-04:00April 26th, 2023|Partner Spotlight|

Entrepreneur: What Is the Economic Impact of Hiring Autistic, Neurodivergent and Disabled Talent? Here’s What You Should Know.

Here are nine reasons why disability inclusion benefits not just workplaces but the overall economy as well. Much as the world sings paeans of praise about how disability inclusion has become an integral part of workplace culture, concerns around return on investment remain a major deterrence for many organizations [...]

Join IN and Celebrate April as Autism Acceptance Month

Join IN to Celebrate Autism Acceptance Month Autism Acceptance Month is recognized annually in April. Originally started in 1970 as “Autism Awareness Month,” the Autistic community continuously calls for more than just ‘awareness’ but for public acceptance and celebration. Many of us have a narrow understanding of Autism and [...]

April Digital Accessibility Roundup

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 24 Hours of Global [...]

Partner Spotlight: Dow

Dow’s Disability Employee Network (DEN) Drives Awareness and Fosters Community During the month of October 2022, Dow’s Disability Employee Network (DEN), held a month-long celebration in honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The celebration, themed “Let’s Talk About It” aimed to spark a courageous conversation around disability inclusion [...]

2023-03-28T12:54:43-04:00March 28th, 2023|Partner Spotlight|

Spotlight on Mentoring: LingPerfect Translations & Bayer

Mentee: LingPerfect Translations, Paul Gromek, CEO & President, certified DOBE Website: www.lptranslations.com Mentor: Bayer, Leverkusen, Germany, Patrick Hinojosa, Head of Procurement Technical Community Website: www.bayer.com Please add your supplier registration link: Bayer Group (suppliergateway.com) Kathleen Castore, Disability:IN Supplier Mentoring & Development Consultant, is very excited to ‘Spotlight’ our next [...]

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