Part I: What the World Is Missing When It Overlooks People with Disabilities. Chapter One: Disability Inclusion Benefits Everyone. Chapter Two: The Power of Disability Entrepreneurship. Chapter Three: Disability is Essential to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Movement. Chapter Four: Inclusive Design: Enabling Work by All -- Part II: What People with Disabilities Want Everyone Else to Know. Chapter Five: Getting to Equal by Erasing Fear. Chapter Six: Overcome Ableism by Recognizing Our Common Humanity. Chapter Seven: "You Don't Look Disabled". Chapter Eight: Personal Experiences That Shaped My Concepts of Disability Culture -- Part III: How to Become Disability Friendly: The Pillars of Disability Inclusion. Chapter Nine: Corporate Culture and Disability Culture. Chapter Ten: Talent Acquisition Through Outreach and Recruitment. Chapter Eleven: Hiring and Retaining the Best Talent. Chapter Twelve: Employers' Slow Progress to Disability-Friendly Inclusion. Chapter Thirteen: Communicating the Organization's Policies and Practices. Chapter Fourteen: Accessible Information and Communication Technology for All. Chapter Fifteen: Blueprint for Disability-Friendly Workplaces of the Future: How to Create Inclusive, Safe, and Captivating Workplaces -- Appendix: Viscardi Center's Curriculum for Its National Center on Disability Entrepreneurship.
Summary:
"Although progress has been made around equality for marginalized groups defined by race, gender, sexual orientation and others - most organizations' Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts do not include people with disabilities. Although 90% of organizations claim to prioritize diversity, only 4% consider disability in DE&I initiatives. Yet people with disabilities make up 15% of the population - about 1 billion people worldwide. They are all too often overlooked. DISABILITY FRIENDLY starts with the roadblocks able people have to understanding and engaging people with disabilities, and how to get over the initial discomfort many able people have. It goes on to explain how businesses, schools, government, churches, and other organizations can open up to the contributions and talents of people with disabilities and create a culture of inclusion and reasonable accommodation. It explains the leader's role and how to communicate a vision for change that inspires others. Finally, it explains how to engage, recruit, and hire people with disabilities. This groundbreaking book will open the world's eyes to the overlooked potential of people with disabilities"-- Provided by publisher.
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