Dr. Linda Mona, a Clinical Psychologist and disability, diversity and inclusion strategist joins Dr. Vanessa Weaver to share her experience as a person with a disability and her perspectives on people with disabilities in the workplace. Their conversation explores why people with disabilities represent such a small percentage of the workforce, why some are hesitant to disclose their disability are work, how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted their work experience and what companies can do to be more inclusive.
In this Episode
· Personal descriptions as an act of inclusion
· Why people with disabilities only represent 15% of the global workforce
· The need to change how we view people with disabilities
· Why people with disabilities may be reluctant to disclose their disability at work
· How inclusion can increase engagement among workers with disabilities
· Covid-19 as an employee equalizer
· How implicit biases influence society’s views of relationships, intimacy and family experiences within the disability community
· Three tips for how companies can be more inclusive of people with disabilities
Resources
· Mercer’s The State of Disability Employment Engagement Report
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