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The Resurgence of the R-Word in Online Communications
In recent years, a terrible trend has emerged in online communications: the reappearance and casual use of the R-word, a term historically used as a medical descriptor but later weaponized as an insult. Despite decades of advocacy and education to eliminate its use,...
Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Why Hiring People with Disabilities is a Key to Thriving Businesses
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a time to celebrate the contributions of people with disabilities to the workforce and to promote inclusive employment practices. Since its inception in 1945, NDEAM has highlighted the importance of...
Creating Accessible Events: A Guide for Businesses
Creating an increasingly diverse and inclusive workplace means ensuring accessibility for all, including people with disabilities. For employers and event organizers, creating accessible events is more than just complying with legal requirements — it’s about fostering...
Leveraging Social Capital in Supported Employment for People with Disabilities
Finding employment can be a significant challenge for people with disabilities! This is particularly true in rural areas where transportation options are limited and businesses may be less familiar with the benefits of hiring job seekers with disabilities. Employment...
3 Ways to Improve Your Accessibility So Everyone Can Enjoy Your Website
You know what they say - you only get one chance to make a first impression! For many of us, our website is the first line of contact a lot of folks brush up against with our brand. Either they follow a link from social media, see us in a chamber of commerce registry,...
Autism Awareness Month: A conversation with John Lemus
As you may know, April is Autism Acceptance Month, a time to raise awareness to promote autism acceptance, celebrate neurodiversity and individual differences, and continue to advance inclusivity and connectedness throughout the community. At HireAbility, we...
Your guide to better accessibility practices in your Zoom meetings
Let's take it back to 2020... The world is in complete flux, and businesses are looking for ways to digitize both their customer and staff experiences. We overcame our digital challenges, finding tools to help us connect in new ways. Enter Zoom stage left. Today, we...
Growing up with Braille: An interview with Angela Dirk
In honor of January being Braille literacy month, we were lucky enough to sit down with one of our staff at WISE Angela Dirk, who's mother is sight-impaired. Angela shares her experience of growing up around Braille, and some of the new technologies around empowering...
5 Sure-fire Ways to make your Presentations Accessible to All
You may have put in long hours making your company presentation template and building an elaborate presentation to wow your audience; however, with all those improvements, it can sometimes be easy to forget accessibility concerns in the shuffle. Here are 5 easy things you can look for to improve the overall accessibility of your presentations.
5 Steps to Create an Accessible and Inclusive Workplace
As the workforce becomes more diverse, it's important for employers to create a more accessible workplace that is welcoming to all. This means ensuring that all employees, including those with disabilities, can fully participate in work activities and have access to...
Understanding the Costs and Benefits of Workplace Accommodations
Accommodating employees with disabilities can seem like an added cost to businesses, but in reality, providing accommodations can have numerous benefits for both the employee and the employer. According to a report by the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), 57% of...
How You Benefit from Hiring an Employee with a Disability
Hiring employees with disabilities can bring numerous benefits to businesses, including increased diversity, improved morale, and increased productivity. In fact, studies have shown that employees with disabilities have higher rates of job retention and lower rates of...
Burnout & Employment
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about burnout in the workplace. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, The Mayo Clinic describes it as “a special type of work-related stress—a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced...
How disability discrimination affects individuals
When it comes to disability discrimination, we all know the word has a negative connotation. But, we might not understand how discrimination affects actual people. Today, we want to share a few ways that disability discrimination affects individuals. What is...
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
While you might think of October as our step into fall, Halloween, and pumpkins, there’s actually another holiday this month that we want to bring your attention to. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or NDEAM for short. This special month...
Disability Pride: What You Need To Know
July is Disability Pride Month! It has been celebrated since 1990, but has gained more attention in recent years. If you’re unsure what this month is all about and why it was created, let us share a bit more about what Disability Pride Month means to us at HireAbility...
Why employers don’t hire employees with disabilities
Here at HireAbility Spokane, we’re used to having some uncomfortable conversations. People don’t always want to share their concerns and experiences, but we try to be a place where employers and employees can learn from each other. One topic that is particularly...
Jessica at Spokane Gymnastics
Krem News did a great story on Jessica who works at Spokane Gymnastics. Hireability had facilitated and organized an interview event that the team at Spokane Gymnastics attended. When they met Jessica, it was a perfect fit. Watch the video above for the whole story...
Spokane Talks with Hireability Spokane
Colin from Spokane Talks spoke with Charly Walters of Hireability Spokane and Stephen Eyman from WISE about how they help employers connect with job seekers who have developmental disabilities. The interview starts at 4:25.
Saying the “right” thing to employees with disabilities
Here at Hireability Spokane, we work with employers to evaluate their hiring processes and provide resources that help them hire highly qualified employees who happen to have disabilities. One concern that often comes up with employers and those who would be potential...
2020 Partners for Work Virtual Interview Event
Rotary’s Partners for Work and the City of Spokane teamed up with Hireability Spokane for a first-of-it’s-kind, virtual interview event series.
This unique event offered adults with disabilities an opportunity to interview and connect with city leaders, local business professionals, hiring managers, recruiters, and HR managers.
This entire series of interview events was held virtually via Zoom, to maintain social distancing guidelines.
City of Spokane Supported Employment/Partners for Work Event
The City of Spokane will be hosting a Supported Employment/Partners for Work Event on October 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at City Hall (808 W Spokane Falls Blvd.)! This event will be open to anyone in the community that interested in learning about the SEP program, participate in a panel discussion, and interact with potential employers and managers! More event details will be coming out soon!
Spokane City Hall Media Announcement
Spokane Mayor, David Condon hosted a media announcement on the first floor of Spokane’s City Hall. This was a special event to announce the supported employment kickoff for the City of Spokane and Connection to Community/ABLE legislation.
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