Ainslee HooperA manager is looking at a job candidate's file. The candidate has disclosed a disability. The manager wants to do right by them, so she starts guessing: quieter workspace, maybe. Flexible hours. A standing desk, if it comes up.
Ainslee HooperMost organisations will tell you they support disability inclusion. Fewer will tell you what happens the moment that support is actually tested — at the hiring decision, at the accommodation request, and at the promotion decision.
Ainslee HooperYour organisation's attitude toward employing people with disabilities could be quietly getting worse right now, and you would have no way of knowing.
Ainslee HooperDisability Pride Month takes place every July, and every year the same thing happens: organisations post something. A flag graphic. A quote. Maybe a staff spotlight, if someone was willing to be visible for it.