DISABILITY

Read it

Disability comes in all shapes and forms. You may not be able to hear or see it. Reading the following articles will help you gain knowledge on how people live and work with a disability and how you can make changes in the workplace.

Resources

• Forbes: 5 Reasons Why Disability Issues Should Be A Higher Priority, Even Now (USA)

• ABC Australia: Stella Young on practising pride in the face of exclusion

• Allyship must happen within the disability community, too. Carly Findlay

• British Council Arts Disability Report

Find help

Do you need to reassess the flow or design of your workplace? These organisations have you covered.

Resources

• DisabilityIN

• SG Enable (Singapore)

• Business Disability Forum (UK)

• World Institute on Disability

• Disabled Peoples Association (Singapore)

• Society for the Physically Disabled : SPD (Singapore)

Find advocates

These totally awesome human beings are living with a disability. Their knowledge is powerful and they are facing their disability head on.

Resources

• Sinead Burke (UK)

• Carly Findlay (Australia)

• Shane Burcaw (USA)

• Lisa Cox (Australia)

Watch it

These videos show how the workplace can be altered to improve and enhance every day life for those living with a disability.

Resources

• TED: Why design should include everyone, Sinead Burke

• TEDx: I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much, Stella Young

• TEDx "Copy & Paste’ - Hidden Asperger’s-- Girls with Aspergers. Niamh McCann, 2018

• TEDx: Changing The Way We Talk About Disability. Amy Oulton, 2018

Act on it

How can you change and enhance the workplace for those with a disability? These articles will provide you with numerous solutions.

Resources

• Q&A with Telstra - how we became a Disability confident recruiter (Australia)

• Why Website Accessibility is more important than ever (& how to do it right) (USA)

• CDC: Disability and Health Inclusion Strategies

• The World Bank: Disability Inclusion

Listen

Listen to the following podcasts from those with first hand experiences on living with or supporting someone with a disability.

Podcasts

• As Me with Sinéad

• A Dog Called Diversity: Act for Alana

• A Dog Called Diversity: Dorine Kuo

• A Dog Called Diversity: Making Modifications with Sean Grima