It’s important to have a holistic approach to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace, which means that organizations need to focus on all aspects of diversity. This includes race, gender, ethnicity, culture, and disabilities, among others.
Disability inclusion today means more than simply hiring individuals with disabilities. It’s about creating a work environment that allows people with disabilities to succeed, grow, learn, and be fairly compensated.
Below we’ll get into everything you need to know about how to create a disability-inclusive work environment.
Creating an inclusive work environment is critical to any business, and if you don’t take a holistic approach and account for the wellbeing of all your employees, you’re simply falling short in creating the optimal work environment and meeting today’s expectations.
Creating a disability-inclusive workplace can benefit your organization by:
Stigmas against people with disabilities have been accepted for too long, and we know that a lot of the stereotypes against workers with disabilities simply don’t hold up. There are several benefits to creating a more disability-inclusive workplace, and there are no excuses for companies in 2021 who don’t take inclusivity seriously.
Companies should be implementing company-wide training for disability inclusion in the workplace, providing flexible support for individuals with disabilities, and pushing for disability inclusion in team meetings, but one of the most effective ways to demonstrate disability inclusivity is to lead by example.
This could mean a number of things, but the most important thing is to ensure that your managers, supervisors, and leaders take extensive training on diversity and disability-inclusive work environments. It also means that your team leaders and managerial personnel need to promote diversity-inclusion in the workplace and snuff out any toxic behavior against individuals with disabilities.
It’s much easier to get in line with a company's value or culture when the leaders of that organization have pathed the way for everyone else to follow.
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