Disability Awareness – Working with People with Disabilities

Training Duration: 2 Days

Learning Fields: Human resources, Management

People with disabilities represent a significant and largely underutilized resource for businesses. Many disabled persons are underemployed or unemployed.

Overview

People with disabilities represent a significant and largely underutilized resource for businesses. Many disabled persons are underemployed or unemployed. As a result of advocates for diversity, as well as a shrinking labor pool, employers are taking a serious look at hiring and retaining people with disabilities. This two-day workshop will give supervisors, managers, and human resource consultants tools and tips for creating a diverse workplace.

Module Value

This module supports capacity-building programmes by strengthening individual and team performance in institutional and organizational contexts. It can be adapted to public sector institutions, international development projects, and corporate environments, and integrated into broader reform or performance improvement initiatives.

Learning Objectives

Prepare to welcome people with disabilities into your workplace
Interact with people with disabilities
Identify and overcome barriers in the workplace
Use respectful, appropriate, acceptable language in any circumstance
Understand what your company can do during hiring and interviewing
Understand what job accommodation is and how it applies in your workplace

Core Content Areas

Defining terms
Misconceptions and realities
Dissecting labels
Accessibility
The cornerstones of diversity
Encouraging diversity by hiring
Using the STOP technique
Communication essentials
Communication styles and critical conversations
How do we make it happen?

Practical Applications

Case-based discussion
Guided exercises
Group reflection
Action planning for workplace application