Resources for Employers
In addition to providing and regularly updating the resources below, Work Without Limits offers membership in our Business Network; a robust consortium of employers committed to inclusion of people with disabilities as employees, customers and suppliers.
Table of Contents
Getting Started with Disability Inclusion
- ADA National Network Employment Resource Hub
- Become an Employer of Choice (pdf)*
- Disability Inclusive Workplaces: Employer and Employee Perspectives (Video)
- Getting Started with Disability Inclusion Checklist (pdf)
- Inclusion@Work Framework
- National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) Federal Contractor and Subcontractor Compliance Info Center
- Provide Disability Inclusion Training for your Organization
- Work Matters: A Framework for States on Workforce Development for People with Disabilities (pdf)
Accessibility
Events, Facilities and Transportation
- Accessible Meeting & Event Checklist
- ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities
- Microsoft Virtual Event Playbook
- How to Handle Captioning & ASL Requests for Virtual Meetings
- Planning an Accessible Career Fair/Hiring Event
- Planning an Accessible Meeting or Event
- Planning an Accessible Training
- Workplace Flexibility
Documents
- Steps to Make your PowerPoint Accessible Guide (pdf)*
- Creating Accessible Word Documents 101 Guide
- Six Tips for Creating More Accessible Word Documents
Technology
- Accessibility of several commonly used remote platforms
- Best Practices for Enterprise-wide Access
- Disability:INclusive Workplaces – Accessible Technology Procurement Toolkit
- Improve Internet Accessibility for Individuals with Impaired Vision
- Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB)
- Microsoft Accessibility Learning Webinar Series
- Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology
- Perkins Access Digital Accessibility Consulting
- Telework: As a Business Improvement Strategy*
Accommodations and Performance Discussions
- Accommodations for Employees with Mental Health Conditions
- Accommodations: Sample Forms (JAN)
- Applying Performance and Conduct Standards to Employees with Disabilities
- Interactive Process Guidelines
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
- Reasonable Accommodations and the Interactive Process (pdf)
- Workplace Accommodations & Adjustments*
Business Case for Disability Inclusion
Best Practices
- Best Practices for Building an Inclusive Culture
- Best Practices for Community Engagement
- Best Practices for Leading an Inclusive Culture
- Global Best Practices for Disability Inclusion
Indexes/Benchmarking Tools
Research
- Business Benefits: The Positive Impacts of Disability Inclusion (pdf)
- The Disability Inclusion Imperative (pdf)
- Enabling Change, Getting to Equal: Disability Inclusion_2020 (pdf)
Tax Credits
Disability Etiquette
Employee/Business Resource Groups
Neurodiversity
Recruiting and Interviewing Candidates with Disabilities
- Best Practices for Disability Inclusive Employment
- Disability Outreach and Inclusion Messaging: Assessment Checklist for Career Pages
- EARN Explainer Job Description Checklist
- Interview Accommodations for Candidates with Disabilities*
- Our Ability Jobs Board
- Quick Tips – Interviewing People with Disabilities*
- Quick Tips – Recruiting People with Disabilities*
- Recruit, Hire, Retain, and Advance People with Disabilities
- Training – Interviewing Candidates with Disabilities
- Workforce Recruitment Program
Self-Identification and Disclosure
- Disability as a Qualification for Employment*
- Disclosure vs. Self-Identification*
- Do Ask. Do Tell.: Encouraging Employees with Disabilities to Self-Identify
- Engaging Employees to Measure Success: Innovative Approaches to Encouraging Self-Identification of Disability
- OFCCP Self ID Video
- Performance Discussions and Employees with Disabilities*
Supplier Diversity
Supplier Diversity Best Practices
- Disability-Owned Business Enterprise (DOBE) Certification Presentation & Webinar Recording (a presentation of Disability:IN)
- Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office Programs, Database and Tools
Disability Owned Business Enterprise (DOBE) Contractors
- Diversify Your Supply Chain
- Form Letter Requesting Disability-Owned Firm to Obtain Disability:IN Certification (all diverse segments)
- Form Letter Requesting Disability-Owned Firm to Obtain Disability:IN Certification (disability)
- Strong Supplier Diversity Messaging
Suppliers
Veterans
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