Employing People with Disabilities: 5 Recommendations

USA-- DiversityInc, a leading publication on diversity and business, has publishes its annual list of top employers for people with disabilities. DiversityInc began in 1998 as a web-based publication with a print magazine added in 2002. DiversityInc.com has a large career center online. The organization makes the following five recommendations for employers to increase disability diversity in the workplace:

1. Make Inclusion part of the company's culture
2. Think globally in hiring, design, and accessibility
3. Provide support groups
4. Celebrate people with disabilities
5. Make the workplace accessible

About 49.7 million Americans have a disability and roughly 30.6 million are of working age, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

SOURCES:

http://www.diversityinc.com/public/4533.cfm

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