The document discusses guidelines for interacting with people with disabilities in the workplace, noting that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 aims to integrate people with disabilities into all aspects of life. It provides tips for respectful communication that focuses on the individual rather than the disability, such as using people-first language. The document also gives guidance for etiquette like asking before assisting someone and being sensitive to physical contact or requests.
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This is a PowerPoint Presentation I created in 2008 to help people better understand proper etiquette when dealing with people with disabilities. I have givne this training to colleagues within the Department of Veterans Affairs as well as people in other organizations. This training is given from personal experience as I have been visually impaired since birth.
Disability Etiquette: Everything You Wanted to Know, But Are Afraid to AskAmerica's Job Exchange
John Robinson, CEO of Our Ability, a business dedicated to the employment and empowerment of people with disabilities, will be hosting AJE's February webinar. John will leverage his expertise and real world experience employers and employees understand the value of people with disabilities in the workplace. This memorable webinar will also cover employment facts and concerns, Section 503, interviewing, what reasonable accommodations need to look like and most importantly shattering long-standing assumptions. Mr. Robinson wants to demystify perceived norms, educate HR professionals and shed insight into our many human curiosities. So bring your questions and get ready to be inspired!
These days, there are so many ways we can find information: Google, Facebook, Twitter, USQ’s Social Hub, SlideShare… the list goes on! But despite having access to all these fantastic resources, myths, stigma and stereotypes still exist when it comes to understanding disability.
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Myeshi Briley,MS,HS-BCP helps others to understand the importance of disability etiquette with tools thats out there to use. She understands the importants of such tools.
This is a PowerPoint Presentation I created in 2008 to help people better understand proper etiquette when dealing with people with disabilities. I have givne this training to colleagues within the Department of Veterans Affairs as well as people in other organizations. This training is given from personal experience as I have been visually impaired since birth.
Disability Etiquette: Everything You Wanted to Know, But Are Afraid to AskAmerica's Job Exchange
John Robinson, CEO of Our Ability, a business dedicated to the employment and empowerment of people with disabilities, will be hosting AJE's February webinar. John will leverage his expertise and real world experience employers and employees understand the value of people with disabilities in the workplace. This memorable webinar will also cover employment facts and concerns, Section 503, interviewing, what reasonable accommodations need to look like and most importantly shattering long-standing assumptions. Mr. Robinson wants to demystify perceived norms, educate HR professionals and shed insight into our many human curiosities. So bring your questions and get ready to be inspired!
These days, there are so many ways we can find information: Google, Facebook, Twitter, USQ’s Social Hub, SlideShare… the list goes on! But despite having access to all these fantastic resources, myths, stigma and stereotypes still exist when it comes to understanding disability.
Here at USQ, we think it’s important that everyone is on the right page when it comes to understanding different life experiences in your classrooms, workplaces and relationships, so we’ve put together some true or false scenarios to test your knowledge. Let's bust some myths, stop the stigma and start honest, accurate conversations about disabilities. Did you learn something new?
If you liked these disability myth busters and want to learn more about how to better understand and support your peers, simply search the ‘disability’ tag on USQ’s Social Hub or contact USQ’s Student Services team!
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2. Goal to integrate people with disabilities
into all aspects of the workplace and
marketplace
Understanding and sensitivity toward
people with disabilities is not just the law, it
makes good business sense.
American’s With Disabilities
Act
1990
4. Tips On Interacting With People with
Disabilities
An overview that can help you become
more sensitive to people with disabilities in
the workplace.
Disability Etiquette
Assignment:
5. Tips for Speaking or Writing about
People with Disabilities
◻ A key to any effective communication is to
focus on the communication itself — what
information needs to be transmitted and how
best to transmit it.
◻ Positive language empowers. When writing or
speaking about people with disabilities, it is
important to put the person first — to focus on
the person, not the disability.
6. Positive language empowers
DON’T focus on a
label
Group designations,
such as "the blind,"
"the deaf" or "the
disabled"
are not empowering.
DO put the person first
Use words that reflect
individuality, equality
or dignity — the
person who is blind,
the child who is deaf,
the individual with a
disability.
7. Positive Phrases Negative Phrases
Person with an intellectual,
cognitive, developmental
disability
The retarded; mentally retarded
Person who is blind or visually
impaired
The blind
Person with a disability
The disabled; handicapped
A person with hearing loss
The deaf; deaf and dumb
Person who uses a wheelchair;
wheelchair user
Person confined, bound or
restricted to a wheelchair
Person who is unable to speak, A mute
Person with a psychiatric
disability
A crazy person
Person with a physical disability,
8. Basic tips
◻ Ask before you help
◻ Be sensitive about physical contact
◻ Think before you speak
◻ Don’t make assumptions
◻ Respond graciously to requests
◻ Use appropriate terminology that puts the
person first!
9. 1. Pair into groups of 2
2. Pick a disability and create a google
slide presentation:
Requirements:
• Title and appropriate image
• At least 3 facts about the disability
• At least 2 tips for
successfully/appropriately interacting
Your Turn: Disability Etiquette
10. A person of short stature
There are 200 types of
growth-related
disorders that can
cause ”dwarfism” that
result in a person
being 4’10”
The terms "person of short stature,"
"little person," and "dwarf" are
commonly used in the United States to
refer to a person with a medical
condition called "dwarfism."
11. 3 facts in a professional setting:
1. Be aware of having equipment and
access at their height
2. Communication can be easier at the
same level, stand back and make eye
contact without the person straining
their neck, or sit down in a chair
3. Never treat the person like a child
12. Name of Disability
◻ Appropriate visual
◻ Definition of the disability
◻ 3 interesting facts
◻ 2 tips for interacting with those individuals