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Disability Employment Awareness Month

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Work Wellness Institute

The Work Wellness Institute leads evidence-informed change through continued collaborative work with partners across academia, industry, government, and the community. Founded in Canada in 1985, the Work Wellness Institute is committed to a core vision of turning research into practice, conducting and supporting global research, and mobilizing knowledge that positively impacts workplace health practices.

The Business Case

Organizations that adopted inclusive hiring and retention practices in their workplace were more likely to:

1. Meet or exceed their financial targets,
2. Be high-performing businesses,
3. Show innovation in the field and
4. Achieve better business outcomes.

Commit to Expanding Your Knowledge about Disability Management

The first step in creating change is acknowledging where your knowledge lacks and how to expand your education. Start first with Disability Management, take our courses Part 1: Best Practices for Disability Management in the Workplace and Part 2: Best Practices for Disability Management in the Workplace.

By the end of these courses, you’ll have the foundations you need to begin developing and using best practices in the workplace including resources and approaches. You can utilize the knowledge obtained to improve your existing practices or as the starting point for developing a disability management system.

So, what can you do right now?

Commit to learning and listening to the Experience of Employees with Disabilities. Ask questions on how to be more inclusive, try to understand the emotional toll of workplace mistreatment and how employees respond to it. Explore the intersection between individual, disability, and workplace environment in the treatment of employees with disabilities. Learn how disability service providers can partner with all stakeholders to ensure workplace inclusion of employees with disabilities.

Effective leadership is the groundwork of every successful, productive organization. Commit to learning how your organization can be more inclusive and adopt more policies and strategies that encourage the employment of individuals with disabilities.

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY

The Work Wellness Institute is proud to offer a way to advance your career and improve your workplace through its new membership program. With over 350+ Lectures on Demand, 18 e-Courses, accreditation opportunities, it is the ideal place to start learning actionable new skills based on trusted research to enhance your workplace today.

JOIN TODAY!

Advance your Career and Improve your Workplace by joining the Work Wellness Institute

Visit workwellnessinstitute.org for further information