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December 18, 2020
Creative Spirit is passionately committed to ensuring and providing equal employment opportunities for people of all abilities. This week, we are highlighting one remarkable candidate, Christopher Kevin Smith. Creative Spirit is passionately committed to ensuring and providing equal employment opportunities for people of all abilities. This week, we are highlighting one remarkable candidate, Chris Smith....
Following our in-depth discussions of the ADA last week, we’re shifting our focus to an equally important topic: #CripTheVote. The narratives attached to the hashtags below need elevating in our community. Many of these narratives reveal a fundamental challenge. We face conscious barriers to employment, but we also experience unconscious barriers that are equally important...
As a society, we’ve made great strides in advocating for people with disabilities, but there is still so much work to be done. Here are three actions you can take to get involved: Ableism and Racism 1. Share this week’s articles with your co-workers, family, friends, and employers in order to promote education about disabilities...
Despite the protections offered by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), discrimination against people with disabilities has not disappeared. According to a 2019 Washington Post report, out of 252,599 closed cases of medical or disability discrimination, only 21% received relief, and only 2% had a discrimination finding. In 2019, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found...
Discrimination is an ongoing problem, making it important for employers to learn more about the #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct (ADA). Please share this with your own employer, and join our respectful discussion of discrimination today. We know it’s not always easy, so please feel free to engage in any way. We welcome emojis, likes, and shares. If you are...
We must be vigilant about equality during these difficult times. It speaks to who we are as a country. It speaks to who we are as humans. “Emergency preparedness plan advises medical officials to “allocate resources to patients whose need is greater or whose prognosis is more likely to result in a positive outcome with...