Description:

Through a trained facilitator, participants will become more culturally competent when interacting with individuals with disabilities. Disabilities covered include: blindness, low vision, hard of hearing, deafness, mental health conditions, neurodiversity, developmental disabilities, autism, dyslexia, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, communication differences, traumatic brain injury, individuals who use wheelchairs or who move differently, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy. A simulation will be given to experience the effects of the following disabilities: low vision, hearing loss, ADHD, dyslexia, and learning differences. Facilitated discussion helps attendees to better understand each disability and to learn how to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Audiences rave about this training and how it helped to promote inclusion best practices at both work and home.

Length of Session:

Approximately 1 hour

Audience Capacity:

Virtual or in-person, unlimited capacity according to platform

Learning Objective:

Greater awareness regarding the opportunities individuals with disabilities may encounter.

Description:

This session will provide a more in-depth understanding of the neurodiverse population and how invisible disabilities are positively impacting the workplace.

Length of Session:

Approximately 1 hour

Audience Capacity:

Virtual or in-person, unlimited capacity according to platform

Learning Objective:

To encourage participants to widen their perspective on invisible disabilities

Description:

Through a trained facilitator and special equipment, participants will experience the effects of the following disabilities: muscle weakness, blindness, speech differences, spinal cord injury, and cognitive differences. Each participant will be given a task to perform while trying on each disability. Afterwards, a facilitated discussion helps attendees better understand each disability and learn how to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Audiences rave about this activity!

Length of Session:

Approximately 1 hour

Audience Capacity:

In-person only, can accommodate up to 30 trainees; contact us for larger groups.

Learning Objective:

Greater awareness regarding the challenges faced by persons with disabilities.

Description:

This experiential session offers participants the opportunity to explore hidden biases or misconceptions about a variety of disabilities. It is highly interactive and is adapted from one of the modules in the California-based “Windmills” training series from Milt Wright & Associates. Through a series of tiered interactions, each participant gradually discovers many “fact or fiction” issues and relates what’s learned to the recruitment, selection, hiring and retention of applicants with disabilities….and to their own lives, as well.

Length of Session:

Approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes

Audience Capacity:

In-person only, a minimum of 15 participants; can accommodate up to 75

Learning Objective:

Become aware of hidden misconceptions and overcome them with enhanced knowledge and more accurate perceptions so that they do not interfere with selection of the most qualified candidates for a job.

Description:

Targeting human resource staff and managers or supervisors, this instructional session provides employers and their staff with a solid foundational understanding of the employment component (Title I) of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It does not present a legal perspective but rather an educational perspective to help employers know how to comply with the spirit of the law and not just the letter of the law. Topics covered include:

• Who is covered by the law?
• Who must comply with the law?
• Impact on recruitment, hiring, training and social workplace activities; company policies.
• Interviewing do’s and don’ts.
• Conditional job offers.
• Disclosure and discussion of disability.
• Record keeping.

Length of Session:

1.5 – 2 hours

Audience Capacity:

Virtual or in-person, unlimited

Learning Objective:

Participants will leave with a baseline understanding of Title 1 of the ADA on the topics noted above and will be better equipped to recruit, hire and retain workers with disabilities without fear of unintended discrimination.

Description:

Many times, inappropriate language in regard to a disability can interfere with effective communication in press, radio, TV and film as well as during interviews, on the job, during training or in any work or social setting. This short session allows participants to view a video with examples of disrespectful words on disability, while also challenging them to identify what is appropriate and inappropriate. It concludes with tips and facts to replace ineffective language with effective and appropriate language.

Length of Session:

30 minutes

Audience Capacity:

Virtual or in-person, unlimited

Learning Objective:

To better understand and use appropriate, respectful language when communicating on general or more specific disability references.

Description:

This session provides tips on how to interview applicants with disabilities and how to get the information you need during that interview without asking inappropriate or illegal questions. This session can easily be coupled with the ADAAA Basics session for continuity.

Length of Session:

45 minutes

Audience Capacity:

Virtual or in-person, unlimited

Learning Objective:

To acquaint trainees with the most effective ways to conduct a good interview involving a person with a disability in order to make the best selection for the job.