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Thought Leaders

3 Ways Focusing on Office Accessibility Can Boost Your Reputation and ROI

Making your office maximally accessible to people with disabilities or limitations is not just the right thing to do -- it also gives teams additional communication and productivity tools.

By Nancy Solari

Thought Leaders

A Disability Ended My Corporate Career, But It Pushed Me to Build the Life I Really Wanted

By Elle Russ

Human Resources

How to Talk About Disability Diversity in the Workplace

By Laura Whitaker

Building a Business

5 Ways Employees With Disabilities Help Maximize a Company’s Growth

By Nancy Solari

Business News

Game-Changing iPhone Features That Make Life With a Disability Easier

The accessibility mode may just be the greatest ally in maintaining your autonomy.

By Nancy Solari

Thought Leaders

Leaders With Disabilities Have Instincts That Inspire Their Teams and Stimulate Productivity

Exercise these key skills to better motivate your team.

By Nancy Solari

Thought Leaders

3 Ways Leaders With Disabilities Can Leverage Their Resources to Excel

Succeed beyond your limitations by making the most out of your people, time and finances.

By Nancy Solari

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

By Cheryl Snapp Conner

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.

By John Boitnott

Business News

Yes, AI Can Make Company Websites Accessible to All

Three takeaways from sitting down with accessiBe CEO Shir Ekerling.

By Jennifer Spencer

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.

By John R. McGrath

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?

By Marilyn Weber

Tech

This Innovative Tech Gives Voice to the Voiceless

Smartstones' game-changing technology allows people who can't speak to communicate in new ways.

By Lydia Belanger

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.

By Brittany Shoot

Tech

Meet the Designers Hoping to Treat ADHD and Alzheimer’s with Gaming

These are games that kids and parents can all appreciate.

By Entrepreneur Staff

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.

By Heather R. Huhman

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.

By Kimberly Reindl

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