Grow your personal awareness and capability

Building awareness of impairment and the barriers associated, particularly in the workplace, is imperative to growing a workforce that is inclusive and diverse. Many organisations provide training, some online others face to face, some at no cost and others at minimal. Consider an awareness program for your workplace:

• Job Access: Driving disability employment
• Disability awareness
• Vision Australia
• The Deaf Society
• EPIC Assist: disability, mental health and autism awareness training.
• Mainstream and Me: people with intellectual disability training

Use the following resources:

• Use inclusive language
• All abilities: everybody has a role to play
• Words at work: building inclusion through power of language
• Beyond Blue resources
• Myth busting 
• Australian Network on disability case study

Watch the following videos:

• Not special needs: World Down Syndrome Day
• Leading the way: providing information about your disability
• Driving disability employment part 1
• Driving disabling employment part 2