Workin' it Out Podcast

How People With Disabilities Are Impacting the Workplace

April 15, 2022 Vanessa J. Weaver, PhD
Workin' it Out Podcast
How People With Disabilities Are Impacting the Workplace
Show Notes

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

·       Dr. Linda Mona

·       Dr. Vanessa Weaver

·       Alignment Strategies

·       Mercer’s The State of Disability Employment Engagement Report

 

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