Welcome to our hub of exclusive resources and inspiration to help our member organisations promote disability inclusion in the workplace.
Welcome to enei’s Disability Inclusion Hub.
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Resources and information
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Blogs
Our blog posts are open access and available to both members and non-members. They offer advice and support in the form of opinion pieces on various diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) aspects of the workplace. They may be based on personal experiences and may explore how such encounters had an impact on the contributor and others around them.
- The Human Model of Ability – After welcoming newly appointed Sandi Wassmer as CEO in 2020, enei asked Sandi to write about her experience with disability.
- Visibly Better Employer: RNIB Enhancing Workplace Inclusion for People with Sight Loss – Marie Clarkson from RNIB has written a guest blog that discusses the benefits of the Visibly Better Employer quality standard.
- Visit to Google Accessibility Discovery Centre (ADC), London – In this blog, former Diversity and Inclusion Manager Kali Bolawole describes her visit to Google’s Accessibility Discovery Centre (ADC) in London.
Employer Guides
Employer guides offer advice and support to enei members in the form of general background as well as in-depth information about employment policies and practices related to diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI). These resources are for enei members only, so if you’re not a member yet, contact us to find out more about how to join!
- Disability and Employment – This guidance is designed to help you recognise areas of risk and find proactive policies for creating a working environment that reflects your organisation’s inclusive approach to employment.
- Hearing Loss and Deafness in the Workplace – This guide provides information and tips to help you be welcoming to—and inclusive of—the millions of working-age people in the UK who are deaf or have hearing impairments.
- Reasonable Adjustments in the Workplace
- Stammering – This guide aims to help you understand how employees may be affected by stammering.
Infographics
Infographics are visually based tools that relay data, statistics, and fast facts for enei members and are designed to be downloaded and shared. These resources are for enei members only, so if you’re not a member yet, contact us to find out more about how to join!
Quick guides
Quick guides offer support and advice in the form of checklists, process maps, charts, fast facts, top tips, downloadable handouts, and other useful resources. These resources are for enei members only, so if you’re not a member yet, contact us to find out more about how to join!
- Access to Work – This guide introduces Access to Work, a grant scheme that aims to help individuals with disabilities and mental health conditions secure and retain employment.
- Deaf Awareness Week – This quick guide explains the significance of Deaf Awareness Week.
- Disability – This guide provides an overview of the equality and discrimination laws in the UK regarding disability in the workplace.
- Disability – Attracting Disabled Talent – This guide aims to help you understand the importance of attracting disabled talent.
- Disability Confident – This guide summarises the Government’s Disability Confident initiative available through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
- Disability Employment Gap – This guide explores the disability employment gap and provides practical guidance for employers who hope to address it in their workforce.
- Disability Language and Terminology – This guide aims to offer insight into the language and terminology that might be associated with different disabilities.
- Disability Pay Gap Reporting – This guide introduces disability pay gap reporting and provides practical guidance for employers who want to report on their disability pay gaps.
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) – This guide introduces Global Accessibility Awareness Day.
- Health Adjustment Passports in the Workplace – This guide offers an introduction to Health Adjustment Passports (HAPs), which are tools for supporting employees with health conditions or disabilities in the workplace.
- Hearing Loss in the Workplace – Introduction – This quick guide introduces the subject of hearing loss in the workplace.
- International Guide Dog Day – This quick guide explains the significance of International Guide Dog Day.
- Memory Loss in the Workplace – Introduction – This quick guide introduces the subject of memory loss in the workplace.
- National Disability Strategy 2021 – The Government’s 2019 manifesto committed to publishing a National Disability Strategy to improve the everyday lives of disabled people.
- Physical Disabilities in the Workplace – Introduction – This quick guide introduces physical disabilities in the workplace.
- Resources for Working with People with Sight Loss – This quick guide provides a range of resources from enei and the RNIB.
- Scottish Learning Disability Week – This guide introduces Scottish Learning Disability Week.
- Sight Loss in the Workplace – Introduction – This quick guide introduces the subject of sight loss in the workplace.
- UK Learning Disability Week – This quick guide explains the significance of UK Learning Disability Week.
- World Braille Day – This quick guide explains the significance of World Braille Day.
- World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) – This quick guide explains the significance of World Down Syndrome Day.
Recordings
These are videos related to diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace. Videos may be presented in various formats including webinars, interviews, roundtables, panel discussions, and more. Our extensive video library is available to enei members only, so if you’re not a member yet, contact us to find out more about how to join!
- Creating Inclusive Workplaces: Supporting People with Sight Loss – Review this recording for some practical advice on how you can become a more inclusive employer and supportive colleague for people with sight loss.
- Deaf Awareness: Reducing Barriers in the Workplace – This session provided an overview of hearing loss in the workplace.
- Disability and Carers: Roles Beyond the Workplace – In this insightful webinar, we discussed key principles for supporting carers in the workplace.
- Disability Awareness with Mik Scarlet – In this interview, Mik Scarlet discussed his experiences of living and working with a disability.
- Disability Inclusion: Is Your Organisation Disability Confident? – This session explored how the Disability Confident scheme helps employers recruit and retain great people.
- Finding The Right Words: An Introduction to Stammering – Find out from STAMMA and individuals with lived experience how they have busted some of the myths associated with stammering.
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day – In recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), this session featured insights from digital accessibility expert James Hall from HeX and enei CEO Sandi Wassmer.
- Navigating Inclusivity: Workplace Disability Etiquette – Discover the fundamentals of disability etiquette to cultivate a workplace environment that values understanding and respect and promotes inclusivity for all.
Notable dates
- Deafblind Awareness Week – This is celebrated at the end of June and honours Helen Keller’s June 27 birthday. Her groundbreaking work greatly improved life for those with sight and hearing loss.
- Disability Pride Month – Celebrated in July, Disability Pride Month is a time to highlight and celebrate the disability community and their pride.
- Down Syndrome Awareness Month – This is observed in October since the 1980s. It’s a time to celebrate individuals with Down syndrome and raise awareness of their abilities and accomplishments.
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) -GAAD is an awareness day focusing on digital access and inclusion for the more than one billion people with disabilities and impairments. It is marked annually on the third Thursday of May.
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Proclaimed by the UN in 1992, and celebrated on 3 December, this day promotes the rights and wellbeing of persons with disabilities and raises awareness across all areas of society.
- International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) – ISAD was introduced in the UK and Ireland in 1998. It takes place on 22 October every year.
- Invisible Disabilities Week – Founded in 2014 by the Invisible Disabilities Association, Invisible Disabilities Week raises global awareness of invisible disabilities and their impact. It occurs every third week in October.
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) International Awareness Day – Celebrated on 12 May annually, this day coincides with the birthday of Florence Nightingale who became chronically ill from a bacterial infection and was often bedridden later in life.
- Rare Disease Day – Held annually on the last day in February, this day raises awareness for rare diseases and seeks to generate change for those seeking to improve their access to medical treatment.
- Scottish Learning Disability Week – Scottish Learning Disability Week is Scotland’s learning disability awareness raising week, which takes place in May every year.
- UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) – UKDHM runs from 16 November to 16 December and creates a platform to focus on the history of equality and human rights for members of the disabled community.
- UK Learning Disability Week – UK Learning Disability Week, celebrated in June, aims to raise awareness of the experiences of people with learning disabilities.
- World Alzheimer’s Day – World Alzheimer’s Day raises awareness of Alzheimer’s challenges and highlights ways to help those affected live fulfilling lives.
- World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) – This has been officially observed on 21 March by the United Nations since 2012. All over the world, events are held to amplify the voices of people who have Down syndrome.
