Listen "Inclusion Series: Disabilities - Looking Beyond What you Visually SEE"
Episode Synopsis
Special Guest Adam BellCorelli When people someone with a disability, for instance in a wheelchair, they immediately have some type of unconscious or conscious bias. Can this person keep up with the role? How much will I have to pay to accommodate? The list goes on and on. However, what we do not think about is the value of what they bring, work ethic, and overcoming of challenges. Adam talks about overcoming hurdles and companies offering people with physical disabilities a chance. Breakdown of today’s podcast:Adam explains his personal story being in a wheelchairHaving a wheelchair 15 years ago in a small school small town and the initial struggles Discrimination - Even in schools before he enters the workforceDisabilities in the workplace and accommodations and showing your entire workforce of employees valueCost affiliations to accommodating disabilitiesValue of accommodations and helping the view of the company long termEducating companies on how to accommodateAsking on how you can help is a good thingUnconscious Bias - Prejudice is expensiveInclusion Interactive Exercise for employees to be more empatheticHow should a manager introduce a new employee with a disability into the workforceWhen is the right time to tell them you have a physical disability Guest InfoAdam BellCorellihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bellcorelli/https://www.linkedin.com/company/14-and-3-leadership/https://www.facebook.com/143Leadership/[email protected] GLINTER SOCIAL MEDIA AND CONTACT INFO [email protected] (Email) http://bit.ly/michaelglinter (Podcast) http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelglinter2 (Linked In) #MichaelAGlinter (Twitter) http://www.facebook.com/michael.glinter (Facebook) https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelGlinter (YouTube) www.michaelglinter.com (Website)
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