Disability:IN Chicagoland starts its third annual Virtual Disability Inclusion Opportunity Summit program series on Tuesday, October 4th with a discussion on Leaning into the Disability Equality Index Advantage: key findings, initiatives & opportunities. Becky Kekula, Director of the Disability Equality Index (DEI), will have a conversation with top scoring companies including: [...]
The 2022 Fall conference on October 6th will celebrate our 10 years of driving disability inclusion and innovation in the workforce with a host of experts in disability inclusion and employment and thought leaders on cultural transformation from across the state. Returning to an in-person event, the conference will be [...]
Is there an elephant in your office? A quarter of the US adult population, 64.6 million people, live with a mental health disorder. But, shhhh, we don’t talk about that at work — until now. Ashley Sides Johnson, co-author, of “There's an Elephant in Your Office, 2nd Edition: Practical Tips to [...]
Is there an elephant in your office? A quarter of the US adult population, 64.6 million people, live with a mental health disorder. But, shhhh, we don’t talk about that at work — until now. Ashley Sides Johnson, co-author, of “There's an Elephant in Your Office, 2nd Edition: Practical Tips [...]
Disability:IN Chicagoland continues its third annual Virtual Disability Inclusion Opportunity Summit program series on Tuesday, October 11th with a discussion on Working Caregivers: Why You Should Care & How Can You Support Them. Employees today are more likely to care not just for children, but also for family members who have [...]
: Land O'Lakes and Inclusive Networking are excited to share about their partnership, training, customized internship positions and ongoing support for interns with disabilities to gain paid internship experience at Land O'Lakes. The Inclusive Employer Internship Program is in partnership with Inclusive Networking who was awarded a two-year grant from the [...]
Read more about all of the Disability:IN committees here, and email Jordan Krug at [email protected] if interested in getting involved!
At Disability:IN we know that digital accessibility is at the intersection of everything. Join Disability:IN and our corporate partners for a look at just three of these intersections: Digital Accessibility, diversity, inclusion and belonging, and customer satisfaction. No program of diversity and inclusion is complete without a focus on [...]
The webinar will focus on the intersections between race, neurodiversity, and workforce factors. Frameworks used to define neurodiversity and neurodivergence will be described. Further, racial disparities in workforce outcomes and experiences of neurodiverse employees will be described. Next, strategies for designing an inclusive mental health strategy will be described. [...]
Disability:IN will be hosting our spring virtual Business-to-Business Matchmaking event with corporate partners and certified DOBEs and SDV-DOBEs all day on Tuesday, October 18th. To facilitate more opportunities for business connections and networking outside of our annual conference, we have added this event to our 2022 calendar and encourage [...]
Disability:IN Chicagoland continues its third annual virtual Disability Inclusion Opportunity Summit on Tuesday, October 18th from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Central, with an online discussion on acquired disabilities. This panel will feature a conversation on acquired disabilities and their impact on employers and employees. Join us as we hear [...]
Read more about all of the Disability:IN committees here, and email Jordan Krug at [email protected] if interested in getting involved!
Friends, join us at the Disability:IN Alabama Conference in Trussville, Alabama October 19th from 9:00-3:00 Alabama's largest disability inclusion conversation of the year! DisabilityIN: Alabama and The Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS) invites you to join the conversation that expands awareness and offers best practices for disability inclusion in the [...]
Read more about all of the Disability:IN committees here, and email Jordan Krug at [email protected] if interested in getting involved!
In celebration of Disability Mentoring Day or DMD, this webinar will focus on stories and takeaways from disability mentoring programs. Hear from NextGen Leader Alum, DOBEs, and Disability:IN Partners as they share the meaningful impact mentoring can have on a young person or a business owner with a disability. Learn [...]
