Choosing the right technology

By Donna J. Jodhan
 
In so many cases employers need some guidance when it comes to ensuring that they choose the right technology to suit the needs of their blind and partially sighted employees.
The one major …

The Importance of Workforce Diversity

By Anza
In today’s world, workforce diversity can be observed in different organizations, where successful firms harness the collective knowledge of their employees. The shared knowledge is augmented by including people with different experiences and backgrounds, …

Diversity begins at the top

By Rob Smith

Merriam-Webster defines diversity as “the inclusion of different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization.”
For a business, executing that simple definition is much more complex …

The workplace syndrome

By Donna Jodhan
The workplace has taken on so many new meanings and dimensions and we need to keep this in mind as we attempt to add the needs and demands of blind and partially sighted …

Binder debacle: Why diversity and inclusion are good ideas

By Julie Desmond
Diversity is trending right now. Everyone is curious about it. Discussion, debate and crafting of policies around Employee Diversity and Inclusion is the latest corporate craze. Stating specifically what a company’s stance is …

A Different View of the Screen

In most cases, when blind employees navigate their screen, they do so using their keyboard exclusively. Where sighted employees use their mouse to point and click, blind employees uses their keys to do the …

Before Getting to the Office

One of the things that often occupies the mind of a disabled person on the way to work is all of the things that need to be faced before reaching the office.  It all starts …

Accessible intranets

There is one thing that employers need to give their attention to when it comes to ensuring that their blind and sight impaired employees have equal access to information and that is accessible intranets. With …

The eternal internship

There is no doubt that many companies probably have the best of intensions in mind when they set up internship programs that are aimed at attracting disabled applicants.  These programs are almost always laid out …

Ontario Disability Employment Network

Yes, it’s possible to save taxpayers millions while getting more people who have a disability into the workforce
Ontario spends $3.3 billion a year on disability income support, a figure that’s growing at a rate of …