Full course description
Description:
Disability at Work 101 is a resource for all UBC employees who'd like to deepen their disability inclusion literacy. This course will support you in strengthening your understanding about disability and identifying different strategies to promote disability inclusion in the workplace through the exploration of three key questions:
- How can I be better informed about disability?
- How can I foster a culture of accessibility in the workplace?
- How can I continue my learning journey about disability in the workplace?
At the end of this 60-minute self-paced course, you will:
- Develop a foundational understanding of disability, by describing key concepts and perspectives around disability.
- Recognize that the experiences of people with disability can be varied and diverse.
- Identify and apply practices aligned with disability inclusion in the workplace that can improve the environment for people with a disability at work.
- Identify resources, services, and strategies available to encourage and support action to promote disability inclusion in the workplace.
If this course is inaccessible to you, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Centre for Workplace Accessibility at workplace.accessibility@ubc.ca or 604-822-8139 for accessibility support.