Disability Awareness - Working with People with Disabilities

People with disabilities represent a significant and largely underutilized resource for businesses. Many disabled persons are underemployed or unemployed. As a result of advocates for diversity, as well as a shrinking labor pool, employers are taking a serious look at hiring and retaining people with disabilities. This course will give supervisors, managers, and human resource consultants tools and tips for creating a diverse workplace.

• Prepare to welcome people with disabilities into your workplace
• Interact with people with disabilities
• Identify and overcome barriers in the workplace
• Use respectful, appropriate, acceptable language in any circumstance
• Understand what your company can do during hiring and interviewing 
• Understand what job accommodation is and how it applies in your workplace