Registration opens June 24   Disability Owned Business Enterprises (DOBEs) generate over $536M in revenue annually and employ people with disabilities at 6 to 7 times the rate of their non-DOBE peers. Integrating DOBEs into supplier diversity programs creates opportunities to recognize and elevate disability-owned businesses while enabling businesses to innovate, reach new customers and […]

"Disability is Diversity: Leading Perspectives" ​September 14-16, 2021 This Conference is one of the region's largest, featuring national and regional experts on  ​strategies and best practices to advance disability inclusion in the workplace. REGISTER HERE by September 10! ​​Day 1:  Tuesday, September 14 - 9:00-11:30 AM CST CEO and DE&I Leader Perspective - "Driving & Living the Vision" Any […]

WELCOME SESSION  DEREK SMITH, COMMERCIAL BANK EXEC, SVP – OLD NATIONAL BANK YASIR KAMAL, VP DIVERSITY & INCLUSION – AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE

Advocate Aurora Health's Diverse Abilities Employment Program - Creating Pathways to Employment Through System Change and Disability Education Description: Advocate Aurora Health is one of the 10 largest not-for-profit, integrated health systems in the United States and a leading employer in the Midwest with 75,000 employees, including more than 22,000 nurses and the region’s largest […]

Robin A Jones, MPA Principal Investigator & Project Director of the Great Lakes ADA Center https://www.adagreatlakes.org   Recruiting in the Technology-Driven Workplace    Robin A. Jones is the Principal Investigator and Project Director of the Great Lakes ADA Center, a member of the ADA National Network located within the Department of Disability and Human Development […]

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Amfam's Efforts to Hire Neurodiverse Candidates in Technology Session Outcomes: we hope to convey the strength all of us have, in our ability to establish/build a neurodiversity hiring and inclusion program. Large budgets and big staffs are not necessary to get started on making a difference for the Neurodiverse community in your community or your company. Presenters: […]

https://www.goodwillsew.com This panel of employment experts will discuss the ways in which personal bias and traditional styles of interviewing and onboarding may result in individuals with disabilities being overlooked for hire, and in companies losing an opportunity to employ and retain qualified, talented employees.  The panel will offer practical, actionable solutions to common barriers faced […]