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What comes to your minds when we talk about disability inclusion at workplace ?Disability inclusion at work is about more than hiring people with disabilities. An inclusive workplace values all employees for their strengths. It offers employees with disabilities whether visible or invisible an equal opportunity to succeed, to learn, to be compensated fairly, and to advance. True inclusion is about embracing difference.

Why disability inclusion?

In the workplace, this means taking special care not to set certain individuals at a disadvantage. Workplace environments can be un even towards those without disabilities. This means that, considering one in four people live with a disability a significant portion of your workforce benefits from inclusion strategies.

Without disability inclusion, your business isn’t doing all it can to support its current employees.

Disability inclusion is also crucial to your hiring process. Companies that aren’t proactive about disability inclusion are losing out on qualified talent. If candidates face barriers during the application and interview process, or if they sense that your business is not inclusive, they’re likely to look elsewhere.

Companies with strong disability inclusion programs have better access to talent and better employee retention. They have the tools they need to help their employees thrive.

Expand your labor pool

People with disabilities represent a significant talent pool:

• One adult in four has some type of disability, whether visible or invisible.
• Despite wanting to work, people with disabilities are employed at a much lower rate than their peers.
• The vast majority of people with disabilities are striving to work.

Women and men with disabilities can and want to be productive members of society. In both
developed and developing countries, promoting more inclusive societies and employment
opportunities for people with disabilities requires improved access to basic education,
vocational training relevant to labor market needs and jobs suited to their skills, interests and
abilities, with adaptations as needed. Many societies are also recognizing the need to dismantle
other barriers – making the physical environment more accessible and changing attitudes and negative assumptions about people with disabilities.

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