Building a Business
5 Ways Employees With Disabilities Help Maximize a Company’s Growth
When you have a resourceful team, your company will be more prepared and efficient.
By Nancy Solari
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Building a Business
3 Ways Elevating the Narrative on Disabilities Leads to Business Success
Disabilities expert Ric Nelson shows how the strongest organizations do it best
Thought Leaders
How to Make Accommodations That Attract and Motivate Workers With Disabilities
Five simple, cost-effective ways to make your company a place all people want to work.
Business News
Yes, AI Can Make Company Websites Accessible to All
Three takeaways from sitting down with accessiBe CEO Shir Ekerling.
Tech
How Accessibility Can Make (or Break) Your Small-Business Website
If you've yet to have familiarize yourself with web accessibility, now's the time to make it a priority.
By Aimee Tariq
Thought Leaders
The Power of Person-First Language in the Workplace: Why the Words You Use Matter
Look past the disability and you'll see a person with talent who is making a contribution.
By Nancy Geenen
Online Presence
How to Make Your Social Media Channels More Accessible to Everyone
People with visual and hearing impairment may have accessibility problems in finding out about your business. Here are some simple solutions.
By Syed Balkhi
Business Accounting
Entrepreneurs Can’t Afford to Stint on Disability Insurance
Illness or injury can be disastrous, especially for those living paycheck to paycheck.
Business News
Companies That Discard Old Thinking About Ability Are Ahead of the Curve
Those embracing disability and inclusion best practices are financially outperforming companies that don't.
By Nancy Geenen
Human Resources
Employing Individuals with Disabilities May Solve Your Talent Crisis
Employment rates won't change until companies begin to shift attitudes and awareness about people with disabilities.
By Nancy Geenen
Thought Leaders
Entrepreneurship Is How Families Are Creating Meaningful Jobs for Their Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
How parents are solving the employment crisis for adults with autism one family business at a time.
By Lara Stolman
Thought Leaders
Avoid These Mistakes When Addressing Disabilities in the Workplace to Protect Your Employees and Your Business
An important step toward helping an employee with a disabling condition is having a good disability management program.
By Tom Foran
Building a Business
What’s Behind the Rise in Deaf-Owned Businesses?
If you're a deaf entrepreneur, more and more services are springing up to help you succeed. What's holding you back?
Tech
This Innovative Tech Gives Voice to the Voiceless
Smartstones' game-changing technology allows people who can't speak to communicate in new ways.
Building a Business
Billions of Smartphone Users and I Wasn’t One of Them
Quadriplegic entrepreneur spearheads efforts to develop smartphone and other devices for people with physical limitations.
By Giora Livne
Building a Business
The Unusual Way This Startup Found Funding
The Initial connection may not happen in an office. This startup went looking for backers on their own turf.
Tech
Meet the Designers Hoping to Treat ADHD and Alzheimer’s with Gaming
These are games that kids and parents can all appreciate.
Business News
Polish Group Seeks to Help the Blind With Free Smart Glasses
Parsee has developed a prototype of the battery-powered glasses which have a 3-D printed frame, internet protocol camera and earphone.
By Reuters
Building a Business
How This Franchisee Is Giving Hope — and Jobs — to the Disabled Community
Disabled people make great employees. That's why this Tim Hortons owner keeps hiring them.
By Jason Daley
Building a Business
Facebook and Twitter Improving Accessibility for the Visually Impaired Is Noble, But Both May Have Another Motive
Both social network giants have introduced tools that allow users to hear details about photos.
By Nina Zipkin
Thought Leaders
Tommy Hilfiger Teams Up With Mom Designer to Create a Line of Adaptive Clothing for Kids With Disabilities
The collection launched today.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
5 Ways to Make Your Company’s Hiring Process More Fair
Allegations from a special needs applicant in Pennsylvania illustrate ongoing concerns about job discrimination.
Building a Business
5 Things You Need to Know About Web Accessibility
With litigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act on the rise, companies should be adding web accessibility to their list of top priorities for 2016.
Thought Leaders
Meet the New ‘TEDx’ of Social Action
TOM, which focuses on assistive technology, takes its theme from the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam, meaning 'repair the world.'
By Zach Cutler
Tech
Tech Startups Are Prodding the Dinosaur That Is the Insurance Industry
With a huge unmet need for insurance in the U.S., it's prime time for tech entrepreneurs to modernize the aging system.
Business Ideas
How One Man Is Helping Businesses Reach More Customers With Cost-Effective, Inclusive Products
Inclusion Solutions creates a line of products to increase accessibility for the disabled population while keeping costs down for businesses.
By Lynn Haller
Building a Business
How Chronic Pain Made Me A Stronger Person
It's hard as hell to live with pain, but it's harder to just sit by and watch your life waste away.