
Disability Diversity
Disability Diversity
According to the CDC, 26% of adults in the US live with a disability. Individuals with a disability are across all walks of life and intersect within all forms of diversity. Disability diversity is about recognizing and valuing the differences, the benefits, the barriers experienced, and the strengths held, especially within the workplace.
Resources:
- Disability Rights Wisconsin(link is external) is a nonprofit organization that provides legal advocacy and rights protection for adults and children with disabilities.
- Disability discrimination occurs when an employer or other entity covered(link is external) by the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, or the Rehabilitation Act, as amended, treats a qualified individual who is an employee or applicant unfavorably because they have a disability. For more information visit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(link is external).
- From lessons on art, activism and physical disabilities to a feature story about new developments in deaf education, resources provided by Learning for Justice(link is external) will help you embrace diverse abilities and understand the injustices people with disabilities often encounter.
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Disability Justice centers intersectionality and the ways diverse systems of oppression amplify and reinforce one another. A disability justice approach centers the priorities and approaches of those most historically excluded groups, such as women, people of color, immigrants, and people who identify as LGBTQ+. The Disability & Philanthropy Forum(link is external) website offers a robust library of resources to support philanthropy’s ongoing learning about disability.
Articles:
- Sensory Safety: A Must Of Neurodiversity Inclusion In The Workplace(link is external) (Specialisterne)
- How To Make Workplaces More Welcoming For Employees With Disabilities(link is external) (Forbes)
- Disability 101: Employment Policies and Etiquette(link is external) (NCSL)
- 7 workplace etiquette tips for disability inclusion(link is external) (Understood)
- Ableism 101: What it is, what it looks like, and what we can do to to fix it(link is external) (Access Living)
- Ableism(link is external) (NCCJ)
- A Brief History of the Disability Rights Movement(link is external) (Anti-Defamation League)
- The ADA Was a Monumental Achievement 30 Years Ago, but the Fight for Equal Rights Continues(link is external) (Smithsonian)
- Basic Myths about Disability I Can't Believe We Still Have to Debunk(link is external) (Huffington Post)
- Disability Inclusion(link is external) (CDC)
- Here Are Some Dos And Don’ts Of Disability Language(link is external) (Forbes)