DISABILITY IN THE WORKPLACE: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

ITCILO teamed up with Cornell University to create a course on disability in the workplace. In this interactive video-based course, employers, experts and persons with disabilities themselves share their latest insights, knowledge and experiences to enable you to identify the competitive advantage of including people with disabilities in your workforce, to create a business case, and to plan, implement and audit your disability inclusion strategy. OBJECTIVES The training aimed to equip you to: • Identify the competitive advantage of including people with disabilities in your workforce; • Build a business case on how including people with disabilities will be a significant advantage for your organization; • Plan the first steps of implementing your disability inclusion strategy in terms of recruitment, hiring, career advancement, retention, accessibility and accommodations. CONTENT The course is composed of five Units: 1. Welcome and Overview, 2. Disability Basics, 3. Disability Inclusion as a Business Strategy, 4. Planning Your Disability Inclusion Strategy, 5. Practical Application and Next Steps. The 90-minute course includes videos of international subject matter experts and people with disabilities, checklists, inter-active quizzes, and exercises. ACHIEVEMENT This course has gotten you started on making disability inclusion a reality in your organization.