When the spirit of Modern Disability is infused into your workplace culture, profound effects flow into your organization. This first-in-a-series article looks at a core, foundational piece of this influential spirit: adaptability. People with disabilities of all kinds and all degrees who are out there living their lives fully will tell you that they have learned an essential fact of being human: we are innately adaptable beings. This...

…and Why It’s About You   So what happens when an existing employee joins the ranks of having a disability? First, the law kicks in. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that an employer initiate the “Interactive Process,” a bureaucratic sounding term which is really just about figuring out whether or not and how someone can continue to work. As a disabled worker, you also have a right to...

I’ve always had a problem with the phrase, “The Disabled.” First of all, it’s essentially meaningless. What does it really tell you? Specifically? Nothing, if you take a moment to think about it. The people who could be said to fall under the category of “The Disabled” is immense; too immense to be contained in a single phrase. We’re asked to include people with such significant cognitive and physical impairments that they...