Resources to help you advance disability inclusion in your workplace
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CDI Calendar of 2025 Events
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Calendar of Disability-Related Awareness Dates
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Candidate Resources
- Veterans Skills Translator at O'Net
- Audio Reader Network - a reading and information service for blind, visually impaired and print disabled individuals
Business Resources
Accommodations
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
- The JAN Workplace Accommodations Toolkit
- ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities
- PEAT - Section 503 and Accessible Technology: What Federal Contractors Need to Know
- Google Chrome Closed Caption Feature - A quick way to instantly have closed caption
- Great Plains ADA Center - one-stop resource for information, technical assistance and training
- Employer's Practical Guide to Reasonable Accommodations (JAN)
- Accessible Technology Action Steps: A Guide for Employers (PEAT)
- Accessible Information Exchange: Meeting on a Level Playing Field
- Good Works in the Heartland Podcasts
- Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
- Supporting Return to Work Success
- 101 Mobility - Sales, installation and service of wheelchair/platform lifts, stair lifts, ceiling track lifts and modular aluminum ramp systems
- ADA Web Accessibility
- Virtual Meetings: Accessibility Checklist & Best Practices
- The Importance of Accessible Videos
- REV - How Captions Benefit More Than the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Mental Health Toolkit
- Audio Reader (Includes Audio Description)
- Frequently Asked Questions About Service Animals and the ADA
Awareness
- Myths and Facts About Hiring People with Disabilities (DOL)
- Disability Impacts All of Us
- Use Social Media to Increase Awareness (DOL)
- Public Service Announcement - "Because"
- Public Service Announcement - "Who I Am"
- Public Service Announcement - "I Can"
- Disability Language Style Guide (great resource for ableist language)
- PFLAG - Something to Talk About Live: LGBTQ+ Identities and Neurodiversity
- Neurodiversity & Gender-Diverse Youth
Business Case
Fast Company: “Why Companies Who Hire People with Disabilities Outperformed Their Peers”
- Forbes: “How Business Leaders Are Introducing Disability Rights As A CSR Issue”
- New York Times: “Hiring People With Disabilities Is Good Business; Microsoft, Bank of America and CVS are just a few big companies that profit from their proactive employment practices.”
- EARN: "Engaging Employees to Measure Success" - Innovative Approaches to Encouraging Self-Identification of Disability
- MarketWatch: “Companies that Hired this Underemployed Group had Revenues that were Nearly 30% Higher”
- Workplace Initiative: "Purpose and Profit through Disability Inclusion" - video
- Toolkit on Encouraging Self-Identification of Disability
- The Small Business at Work Toolkit - This toolkit provides curated information and essential resources about how (and why!) small businesses can successfully hire and retain employees with disabilities.
- Federal Contractor Requirements - Learn about obligations federal contractors have under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and strategies to meet them.
Business Strategies
- Disability Is a Strength for Any Organization
- Hire Gauge: Business ROI Calculator (Think Beyond the Label)
- Business Case for Hiring Individuals with a Disability (Think Beyond the Label)
- Business Owner Makes Money by Hiring Disabled Workers - video
- Why I Hired a Workforce No One Else Would (Randy Lewis/Walgreens) - video
- Equal Treatment: The Key to Lowe's Success in Hiring People with Disabilities
- Lowes: Progressive Hiring Practices of People with Disabilities - video
- Getting Down To Business – Hiring People with Disabilities - video
- Benefits of Employing People with Disabilities (Show Me Careers) - video
- SHRM - 7 Ways to Make Your Hiring Process More Inclusive
- SHRM - 4 Ways to Expand Inclusion of People with Disabilities
- SHRM - How to Develop a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative
- Encouraging Self-Identification
- PepsiCo's Self-Identification Campaign
- Diversity Best Practices - Self-ID
- ADP Diversity & Inclusion: Getting Candidates to Self-ID
- EARN - Encouraging Self-ID
- Best Practices for On-The-Job Training: An Employers Guide for Apprenticeships
Compliance
- Update on Section 503 of the Rehab Act – Totality Statements; May 2024
Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns - Missouri Governor’s Council on Disability
- ADA Compliance Surveys & Universal Design Solutions (Troy Balthazor)
Employee / Business Resource Groups
Employment
- Partnering with Center for Disability Inclusion, this service helps employers across the country fill workforce needs with trained, educated
and experienced veterans with disabilities. Click the hyperlink to access Employment Coordinators for assistance with finding candidates.
located at VA Regional Offices nationwide.
and experienced veterans with disabilities. Click the hyperlink to access Employment Coordinators for assistance with finding candidates.
located at VA Regional Offices nationwide.
Mental Health Resources
- Safe Return to Work KC Guide
- Supporting Employees with Long COVID: A Guide for Employers
- COVID-19 Response Mental Health - Disability:IN has compiled resources to support your disability inclusion work during COVID-19.
- Accommodations and Compliance - COVID-19
- Accommodation Strategies for Returning to Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Managing Coronavirus Anxiety
- Steps to Counter the Loneliness of Social Distancing
- It's OK to Feel Grief Right Now
- The Coronavirus Response Shows How Crucial Accessibility Is
- Working from Home is Great for Diversity. Let's Keep It Going
- Honoring the Challenges of Disabilities, Seen and Unseen (video)
- How Employee Resource Groups Can Help Manage COVID-19 or Coronavirus Fears
- The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion During Difficult Times
- COVID-19 and the Family and Medical Leave Act Questions and Answers
- Digital Accessibility and Other Best Practices for Remote Work
- Disability Employment Lunch n Learn webinars (nTide - Kessler Foundation)
- Mental Health America
- Right Direction - resources for depression
- Resources on Stress, Burnout & Trauma
- State of Missouri Governor's Council on Disability
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- COVID-19 Impact on people with disabilities
- Governors Role in Prom0ting Disability Employment in COVID-19 Recovery Strategies
- SHRM - A Million People with Disabilities Have Lost Jobs During the Pandemic
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)
Organizations
- Industry Liaison Group (ILG)
- Think Beyond the Label
- Employer Assistance Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN)
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
- Great Plains ADA Center
- Kessler Foundation
- Disability:IN
- National Organization on Disability (NOD)
- PEAT: Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology
Resilience
- American Psychiatric Association
- WELCOA Bouncing Back & Bouncing Forward
- WELCOA Burnout & Resilience in the Workplace Infographic
- Positive Psychology – Resilience Building Tools & Exercises
- National Wellness Institute Resilience & Thriving Facilitator Training
- The Superpower of Resilience TED Talk
- Action for Happiness
Supplier Diversity
- SHRM article "Supplier Diversity is Getting More Attention in the C-Suite"
- US Disability Chamber of Commerce Resources
- Disability-Owned Small Businesses Directory
- Disability-Owned Businesses in Tennessee
- Certified Business and Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses in Kansas
- Disability Business Certifications by State
Training
Webinar Recordings
- Disability Inclusion While Working Remotely - Vanessa Sims, UMB Bank; Disability Inclusion Network meeting; 3/16/21; 1:00 hr
- Service Animals in the Workplace - Julie Brinkhoff, Great Plains ADA Center; Disability Inclusion Network meeting, 11/24/20; 1:00 hr
- Inclusive Interviewing - Jill Webb, Disability Inclusion Network meeting; 7/21/20; 1:00 hr
- Quieting the Whispers to Secure Disability Inclusion - Dionne King, DMK Consults; Annual Thought Leaders Event; 7/9/20; 1:18 hrs
- Taking Action During COVID-19 Crisis to Hire & Retain People with Disabilities; (KC Chamber D&I Workshop Series), 6/23/20, 1:31 hr
- Celebrating 30 Years of the ADA - Disability Inclusion Network meeting; 6/16/20, 1:01 hrs
- Employee Lifecycle - Andy Traub, Allied InclusionWorks; Disability Inclusion Network meeting; 5/19/20, 1:03 hrs
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