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Shedding Light on Daylight Saving Time: Ensuring Inclusivity for People with Disabilities

2024-03-18T15:46:05-04:00March 8th, 2024|DisabilityIN, Mental Health, Neurodiversity / Autism|

While Daylight Saving Time might seem like a minor inconvenience or an hour of lost sleep for many, it can have a considerable impact on people with disabilities. As companies strive to foster inclusive environments, it’s important to consider the unique challenges this time shift may present.  Routine Adaptation: Some individuals with disabilities have established

March Digital Accessibility Roundup

2024-03-18T15:46:05-04:00February 29th, 2024|A11Y Roundup, Digital Accessibility, DisabilityIN|

Welcome to Disability: IN’s monthly round up of digital accessibility news for March. At Disability:IN we know that digital accessibility impacts all aspects of disability inclusion. If you have questions about our digital accessibility program, please contact Jeff Wissel, our Chief Accessibility Officer. Disability:IN Happenings Rounding out our cross-channel celebrations for #WhiteCaneWeek, we are proud

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Spotlight on Mentoring with Step into Your Moxie

2024-03-18T15:46:05-04:00February 29th, 2024|DisabilityIN, Supplier Diversity / Procurement|

Alexia Vernon Chief Executive Officer of Step into Your Moxie Visit Step into Your Moxie HomepageKathleen Castore, Disability:IN Supplier Diversity Mentoring & Development Consultant spoke with Alexia Vernon, Chief Executive Officer at Step into Your Moxie to discuss the progress and lessons learned during the Disability:IN 2023-2024 Mentoring Program. KC: Hello Alexia and thank you

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Directors & Boards: Character of the Corporation: Human Capital Governance

2024-03-18T15:46:05-04:00February 26th, 2024|DisabilityIN, In the News|

BREMEN: Within the context of human capital governance, where does DEI fit in? Where does disability inclusion fit, and why is it so important? KENNEDY: The Disability Equality Index measures and scores companies based on their progress toward inclusion, equality and justice for people with disabilities. I’m very proud to say that we now have

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HR Brew: World of HR: Disability Equality Index expands globally

2024-03-18T15:46:05-04:00February 26th, 2024|DisabilityIN, Global, In the News|

Disability:IN hopes it will increase disability inclusion and representation at more multinational companies. HR pros may soon have a better understanding of what disability inclusion looks like in different countries, thanks to a recently expanded benchmarking index. Where in the world? Disability:IN, the organization behind the Disability Equality Index (DEI), an annual report examining the

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Fortune CHRO Daily: Only 10% of Fortune 500 companies disclose how many people with disabilities work at their organization—but employees expect more transparency

2024-03-18T15:46:05-04:00January 31st, 2024|DisabilityIN, In the News|

Good morning! The mainstreaming of remote work and a renewed emphasis on DEI programs in 2020 has put disability inclusion in the limelight over the past few years, and the workforce participation rate for people with disabilities has hit record highs. And as those numbers have gone up, more companies have started mentioning disability in

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Event Marketer: Q&A: Inside Google’s New ‘Inclusive Event Design Guide’ for the Industry

2024-03-18T15:46:05-04:00January 31st, 2024|DisabilityIN, In the News|

“Google wants to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible—that is the mission of the company—and I think if you follow that sentiment to its logical conclusion, accessibility and making things accessible to all of our users can only happen if we understand what our users need, and that goes for live events,

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Forbes: Disability:IN Internationalizes Corporate Inclusion Benchmarking With New Tool

2024-03-18T15:46:06-04:00January 31st, 2024|DisabilityIN, In the News|

Virginia-based corporate disability inclusion best practice and benchmarking expert Disability:IN has announced plans to launch its acclaimed Disability Equality Index internationally. The index measures corporate disability metrics and maturity through survey data across important categories such as culture and leadership, enterprise-wide access, employment practices, community engagement and supplier diversity. Amongst the regular participants in the

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February Digital Accessibility Roundup

2024-03-18T15:46:06-04:00January 31st, 2024|A11Y Roundup, Digital Accessibility, DisabilityIN|

Welcome to Disability: IN’s monthly round up of digital accessibility news for February. At Disability:IN we know that digital accessibility impacts all aspects of disability inclusion. If you have questions about our digital accessibility program, please contact Jeff Wissel, our Chief Accessibility Officer. Disability:IN Happenings There is an exciting addition to the Disability:IN 2024 Disability

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