Rev.Naomi @ Black Bear Medical. How do you engage people with disabilities? How do you engage people with disabilities?
What does your organisation do to actively engage employees with disabilities? This is the question being posed by employee engagement agency People Lab via a survey at the moment. The Office for Disability Issues found that ‘disabled people are significantly more likely to experience unfair treatment at work than non-disabled people,’ and that in 2012, 46.3 per cent of working-age disabled people were in employment, compared to 76.4 per cent of working age non-disabled people. They also found that people with disabilities were half as likely to hold degree level qualifications compared to non-disabled people – 14.9 per cent compared to 28.1 per cent. I came across People Lab‘s work the other day and read their report, which reveals that employees with disabilities are ‘often disengaged at work’ – regularly experiencing barriers to employment, further education and professional development. I asked Hayley for a definition of disability. 1. 2. 3. Disabled Residents Campaign For Accessibility Improvements In Athens.
A group of physically disabled Athens residents are campaigning to make the city more accommodating to their accessibility needs.
At a recent town hall meeting, several community members took to the stage to express their concerns, which included a lack of handicap accessible parking options, uneven sidewalks and not enough curb cuts. Robin Brigante, who engaged in the discussion at the meeting, said life can be challenging when she struggles to find parking for her oversized van, which includes a ramp to accommodate her wheel chair. "If a van accessible spot is gone and there's a car spot open, I can't go to that store and go shopping because I can't get my ramp down," said Brigante.
She said it's frustrations like that that led her to start a city-wide campaign to educate fellow Athens residents about the struggles people with disabilities encounter on a daily basis. Brigante is not alone in her mission. Despite the efforts already underway, he said he knows the city can do more. Mobility Redefined. Inventors and innovators are an amazing breed.
They look at the way things are and ask themselves, “What if?” That’s what Bart Kylstra at Rio Mobility did when he looked at a wheelchair. What if you could take that wheelchair, add a cycle to the front of it and climb hills? Bart loves designing these types of products because of the interesting technical challenge that they present, and because they can quickly improve the lives of people who use them. Over the last 4 years Bart and his company have come up with some of the hottest mobility products I’ve seen on the market.
So what’s all the fuss about? Most people start out in a manual wheelchair and everyone knows that physically, a manual wheelchair allows you more exercise and keeps you healthier. The first Rio Mobility product that caught my eye was the Pivot™. After looking at the Pivot ™ , Rio Mobility showed me Dragonfly™. The Firefly™ which is on backorder until mid-August is an electric-powered version of the hand cycle.
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