Early Career Talent Accelerator
Professionals require customized and relevant development programming at every career stage, and professionals with disabilities are no different. The Disability:IN Early Career Talent Accelerator, open to all early career employees with a disability, aims to provide professional development opportunities that offer meaningful, culturally contextualized skills-based career development.
If your company is interested in supporting the program, please contact Emily McDonald at [email protected].
2025 Program Timeline

October 1, 2024: Program Application Opens
January 31, 2025: Program Application Closes
February 28, 2025: Nominees Notified of Program Participation Decision
May 1, 2025: Early Career Talent Accelerator Begins – Week 1
July 17, 2025: Early Career Talent Accelerator Concludes – Week 12
The Curriculum

Testimonials


Program Eligibility
The Early Career Talent Accelerator is a competitive, discretionary based program. Participants will be selected by a Committee which will choose participants based upon careful consideration of a program candidate’s career accomplishments to date and projectable potential to benefit from the program.
Eligibility requirements include:
- Must identify as a person with a disability based upon the United Nations’ definition of disability
- Must be a North American-based salaried employee of a Disability:IN Corporate Partner
- Possess 2-5 years of professional career experience
- Minimum of 2 years with current employer
- Must commit to attend/participate in all components of the program, including in-person attendance at the 2025 Disability:IN Global Conference & Expo (July 14-17 in Orlando)
- Must have current employer’s full support to complete all program requirements and commitment to cover all costs associated with participation, if accepted, including, but not limited to, attending the Disability:IN Conference
Participation Cost
The participant fee which covers program administration costs is being waived for participants of the 2025 Early Career Talent Accelerator cohort due to a generous grant from a corporate partner. The only costs a participant’s company will incur will be expenses (registration, air, hotel and incidentals) associated with attending the Disability:IN Global Conference & Expo, taking place July 14-17, 2025 in Orlando.