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Bring Your Whole Self to Work! Hiding Disability at Work Is Damaging to Productivity

By Nancy Doyle — 2019

When disability isn’t disclosed, we create an invisible layer of additional work for the individual which will affect their productivity.

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Why Companies Who Hire People with Disabilities Outperformed Their Peers

Hiring and supporting employees with disabilities isn’t just a matter of corporate social responsibility or public relations; it’s just good business.

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Jared Lindzon
2019
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Leaders with Disabilities Have Instincts that Inspire Their Teams and Stimulate Productivity

These four instincts of an entrepreneur with a disability inspire teams and stimulate productivity.

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Nancy Solari
2021
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It’s Perfectly OK to Call a Disabled Person ‘Disabled,’ and Here’s Why

We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.

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Brittany Wong
2019
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The Case for Improving Work for People with Disabilities Goes Way Beyond Compliance

Individuals with disabilities frequently encounter workplace discrimination, bias, exclusion, and career plateaus—meaning their employers lose out on enormous innovation and talent potential.

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Laura Sherbin, Julia Taylor Kennedy
2017
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Research Finds New Reasons for Unemployment Among People with Disabilities

New research has found nine meaningful reasons that prevent people with disabilities from seeking work.

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Joni Sweet
2021
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My Disability May Be Invisible, But Here’s Why I’m Done Hiding It

In the beginning, it was difficult to let myself rest, even with the ultimate doctor’s note. I felt like I still had to push past my (extremely limited) capabilities. I had to practice slowing down and allowing my frailties to become visible even when I had the choice to hide them.

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Elizabeth K. Hinnant
2020
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‘I Had to Learn How to Feel Anger’: Dandy on the Demands Disabled Musicians Face

On her debut album The Cycle, the Shropshire singer-songwriter takes on a ‘broken system’ that underestimates the vibrancy of disabled lives.

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Liam O'Dell
2021
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What Is Ableism?

Ableism centers around the notion that people with disabilities are imperfect and need fixing.

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Ariane Resnick
2021
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3 Ways to Embrace Neurodiversity in the Workplace

In a work world dominated by automation, digitalization, and increasing incivility, the need for one group of workers, those whom I call “sensitive strivers,” has never been greater.

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Melody Wilding
2021
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Identity and Neurodiversity

Conceptions of identities are complex. We have a number of identities that manifest themselves in different environments or as composite forms of background experience. So, do neurodiverse conditions like autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and bipolar really comprise a part of a person’s identity?

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International Bipolar Foundation
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