“Profit by investing in workers with disabilities” is the theme for this year’s Disability Employment Awareness month, observed in October. This was announced by the US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy. http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/ODEP20110609.htm.
Organizations planning activities for October will be focusing on this theme this year, that employing workers with disabilities is good business.
First, by being willing to include workers with disabilities in your employment plan, you have access to a deeper pool of talent. Persons with disabilities are better educated and have more skills than ever before. This includes returning veterans, persons with physical disabilities and people with intellectual disabilities, as well as people with any other disabilities. When you are hiring, you are hiring the ability. It then becomes a matter of simply accommodating the disability. If you have hired the right talent, accommodating the disability is no more than adding the appropriate tools for the job.
Second, hiring, accommodating, retaining and promoting persons with disabilities are viewed by the public – and that include customers – as a sign that a business is welcoming to all. People want to do business with a company that is welcoming. It makes them all feel that they are important as customers.
So, since employing persons with disabilities is good for your bottom line, profit by doing just that.
Annette Bourbonniere
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Fax: 401-846-1944
Twitter: @AccessInclude
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