This is your 30-Second Employer Training:

Employment Basics

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Okay, I’ve hired a person with a disability.Now what?

Include disability information in your new employee

orientation and other diversity training efforts

Provide your new employee with a disability reasonable

accommodations and training and advancement opportunities

All of the Above

Conduct an audit of your facility to identify accessible features and areas in need of accessibility improvements

Businesses should educate all

staff on disability issues – during

new staff orientation and ongoing

diversity training programs. You

should also provide continuing

information on disability issues

and legislation.

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One strategy for creating barrier-free employment is creating a physically accessible work environment.

Utilize tools to conduct a brief facility audit to ensure you have accessible facilities and services, including accessible parking, routes, entrances, and work areas.

This is only one strategy though.

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As required by the ADA, employers

must reasonably accommodate

qualified applicants and employees

with disabilities. This includes ensuring

that employees with disabilities can

participate in employer-sponsored

training events and have procedures in

place to promote qualified employees

with disabilities to management &

supervisory positions.

But there are other strategies too!

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There are many strategies for successfully employing people with

disabilities that increase workplace integration, promote productivity

and efficiency for your new employee, improve employee morale, and

encourage overall business success. These include staff training on

disability issues, accessible facilities, providing accommodations,

training, and advancement opportunities for your new employee, and

utilizing federal tax incentive programs.

For more information about practical business strategies for employing

people with disabilities, read the U.S. Dept. of Education’s

Disability Employment 101.

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