Disabled employees do not want to be treated ‘differently’ to others. However, if other members of the team do not understand how best to communicate or an employee with a disability feels inhibited in communicating his or her needs, problems can arise. There are several ways in which an employee with a disability can be supported to provide a solution.… Continue Reading Communication in the workplace for disabled people
Accessible toilets – getting it right for your customers
Accessible toilets are not only about extra space For many of us who are disabled, the availability and accessibility of public toilets present a daily barrier. You will have heard about the ever growing popularity of Changing Places: a Changing Place is an evolution of an accessible toilet. A place where there are facilities within to support somebody who needs… Continue Reading Accessible toilets – getting it right for your customers
Celebrating Disability does…. Guest Blogs
Blogs for others Now and again, people have asked me to write guest blogs and case studies for their websites. I thought that it might be a nice idea to list them here. Inspiring Enterprise Inspiring Enterprise helped me to set up my business and to get it off the ground. They asked if I could be their first case… Continue Reading Celebrating Disability does…. Guest Blogs
The Value of Inclusion
My journey to equality Over the years, my personal opinions of disability have changed and developed as I, along with my experiences have done the same. As a teenager, I believed and adhered to the medical model of disability; believing that disability was the problem of mine and mine alone. As a result, I had to be grateful when the… Continue Reading The Value of Inclusion
Great Talk TED. A Collection of Esi’s Favourite TED Talks
5 talks sharing 1 theme: Disability. Can disability positively impact business and society? Each talk is between 10 and 20 minutes in length so you may like to split them up. One a day should get you through the week. Michele L. Sullivan Asking for help is a strength not a weakness. The power in asking for help from strangers. Maysoon Zayid I’ve… Continue Reading Great Talk TED. A Collection of Esi’s Favourite TED Talks
The Thought That Businesses Dare Not Speak
Background I received an email the other day from a person I met at an exhibition. We had been talking about the importance of web accessibility and tone of voice used to attract disabled customers to a website and fundamentally, to a business. This person was interested in commissioning services of Celebrating Disability to advise on the overall accessibility and… Continue Reading The Thought That Businesses Dare Not Speak
Disabled person vs. person with… The debate continues
The Context Over the last few months and throughout my career, there have been many conversations about whether the term “disabled people” should be utilised over the term “people with disabilities”. Whilst this is a personal choice, most people don’t fully appreciate the differentiation between the two. They therefore believe that it is just a turn of phrase and supports… Continue Reading Disabled person vs. person with… The debate continues
Harnessing the Experience of Disabled Employees
New Year: New Start After the New Year, there a many things that people have intentions of doing differently. These are commonly known as New Year Resolutions. With all the best intentions, many of us will not stick to these much past 31st January. However, one business resolution that could benefit your whole business would be to make your workplace… Continue Reading Harnessing the Experience of Disabled Employees
Is the Best Person Getting The Role?
Inclusive Recruitment At networking meetings, events and workshops, people ask me about how to make a recruitment process accessible. The dos and don’ts and the application process. I think sometimes these processes can sound a lot more complicated than they actually are. The word “Disability” can prohibit people from thinking outside the box. But a disabled applicant is an applicant like… Continue Reading Is the Best Person Getting The Role?
Can I Spend Money With You?
The spending power of disabled people is over £250 billion per annum. However many businesses do not understand how to attract disabled people and support them to buy their products. Because of this, the majority of the Purple Pound (the disability spending power) can be spent with a minority of businesses. Due to a lack of disability equality training and… Continue Reading Can I Spend Money With You?