The beginning of a new year is a great time to begin collecting valuable information and resources for advocacy. Below, you’ll find resources for:
- workplace accommodations,
- disability inclusion,
- accessible signage, and
- pre-school inclusion.
Do you need a Great Workplace Accommodation Resource?
The Job Accommodation Network, or JAN, has updates its resources to provide a Toolkit to help businesses build an inclusive workplace.
The kit provides streamlined access to its resources that can assist employers and their staff with workplace accommodations for people who have disabilities.
Included in the toolkit are tools for:
- Employers, employees, co-workers and others in the workplace, and
- Reasonable accommodations.
Do you understand Disability Inclusion?
The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion, or EARN, has created a captioned video, “Primer on Disability Inclusion.”
“John Kemp, President and CEO of the The Viscardi Center, explains the benefits of fostering a disability-inclusive culture in your organization.”
To begin with, employers should make sure that people with disabilities are present and included in all levels of employment.
Does your place of business have accessible signage?
The U.S. Access Board has created an animation demonstrating accessible signage.
“The 15-minute animated film reviews and illustrates requirements in the standards for signs and clarifies common sources of confusion. It covers provisions for visual access, tactile signs, required access symbols and other pictograms.”
Did you know pre-school needs to be inclusive too?
According to the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) issued a “Dear Colleague Letter” on Least Restrictive Environment for preschool age children.
The letter “provides information on why it important to offer educational programs for our youngest learners with disabilities from the start, and how states and districts can achieve this goal and meet their obligations under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.”
According to the letter, OSEP wishes to “reaffirm our commitment to inclusive preschool education programs for children with disabilities” because the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act applies to children of all ages—including those in pre-school.
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