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Disability Inclusion:Stretching Our Competence

About the USBLN®• National business to business organization with

over 50 affiliates in North America

• Helps business drive performance by leveraging disability inclusion in the workplace, supply chain, and marketplace.

©2013 USBLN® All Rights Reserved.

Adults with Disabilities • 56.7 million strong•1 in 5 Americans

Maturing Workers with Age-Related Disabilities•76 million baby boomers - approximately 40% over 65 will develop an age related disability•85% plan to work after retirement

Disability Market


Veterans with Service-Related Disabilities•Between 10/01 - 2/08, more than 30,000 veterans returned home with service-connected disabilities

Associates who have Children & Other Dependents with a Disability•23 Million parents have at least one child between the ages of 5-16 with a disability

Disability Market


•Largest Untapped Workforce; and,•Most Underutilized Spending and Voting Power.

Disability Market


• Break into groups;• Develop a list of different disabilities;• Pick a disability; and,• Create a list of things that you would not want someone to:

• Think• Say• Do

Group Exercise


Diversity•The state or fact of being diverse•Reality

Inclusive•Valuing and not excluding any groups of people•Choice

The Journey Towards Leading Inclusively


“What we have learned at Merck is that intention alone is insufficient; issues associated with race, gender, sexual orientation, and ability require creating solutions through the lens of people with disabilities in order to provide opportunities for inclusion and equality and to create a fully engaged workforce.”

Deb DagitFormer Chief Diversity OfficerMerck

The Journey Towards Leading Inclusively


• Begins at the Front Door Virtual or Physical

• Inclusive access draws upon the principles of Universal Design and focuses on what is needed to enable all job applicants, clients, contractors, suppliers, customers and visitors to feel welcomed and comfortable.

Inclusive Access


• Actively seek and build partnerships

• Creating teaching and learning opportunities for employees on both ends of the partnerships

• Build a corporate brand that is known for it’s inclusive corporate culture

Recruiting & Onboarding


•Full-inclusion retention and advancement practices are not simply policy driven but rather are a multi-dimensional part of the corporate culture.

Retention and Advancement


• There is respect for the presence of people with disabilities, as well as their families and friends, and the way in which they are represented in company communications, marketing, promotions and activities.

Inclusive Public Presence


•Measuring and reporting progress on full inclusion not only confirms the existence of programs, structures and processes but measures their effectiveness in building an inclusive workplace

Measuring & ReportingProgress


•The business case for supplier inclusion should specifically reference disability and service-disabled veteran owned firms as contributing to stronger, more flexible supply chains and more vibrant and economically viable suppliers and communities.

Supply Chain


•USBLN® Disability Supplier Diversity Program’s (DSDP®) certification is modeled after existing national third-party certifications for minority, women, and LGBT-owned businesses•Pilot program launched July 1st, 2009•Full implementation on January 1st, 2010

Supply Chain


Advancing DisabilityInclusion - Exercise

♦Break into groups and develop responses to the following questions:

♦Please describe one or two ways your company might engage external resources (i.e. collaborative partnerships) and how they might be beneficial in terms of advancing disability inclusion in the workplace, marketplace and/or supply chain. ♦Please describe one or two ways your company might engage internal resources or strategies and how they have might be beneficial in terms of advancing disability inclusion in the workplace, marketplace and/or supply chain.


EARN www.askearn.org

JAN www.askjan.org

The NET www.rehabnetwork.org

ODEP www.dol.gov/odep

USBLN www.usbln.org

RESOURCES

2013 USBLN® 16th Annual Conference & ExpoLights, Camera, Access:

Spotlight on Disability Inclusive DiversitySeptember 30 - October 3 | Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Airport Marriottwww.usblnannualconference.org

Mark Your Calendar


http://www.usblnannualconference.org/

Jill HoughtonExecutive Director

USBLN®Email: [email protected]

www.usbln.org


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