Empowering Disability Inclusion in Employment

Empowering Disability Inclusion in Employment

February 5th, 2025

Virtual

10am-1pm

Course Overview: This course is intended to assist those with and without disabilities to better understand the culture of disability in the workplace. It is best defined as an employer-employee training tool designed to change attitudinal barriers and create a new perspective on the unique abilities of individuals.

It accomplishes this by offering modules wherein participants and a professional trainer interact. Although there are twelve modules, training sessions may vary from a single module to several modules, or all the modules in one or a series of workshops. The course has been designed to increase awareness of the role that attitudes play in the employment of people with disabilities.

The methodology is based on the concept that attitudes about persons with disabilities are instrumental in forming behaviors toward individuals with disabilities. If employers change the attitudes they have about people with disabilities, they will be more open to changing their own behaviors. This will promote the employment and advancement of people with disabilities.

Through participatory exercises, participants can identify emotions, stereotypes, and attitudinal barriers that may make them less effective when dealing with people with disabilities. Through group discussions the participants will reach an understanding of those attitudes and will learn methods and techniques to assist them in becoming more effective professionals and advocates for the hiring of individuals with disabilities.