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Disability: IN Connecticut Member Bayada Receives Diversity Award from Newsweek We are proud to announce that Disability: IN Connecticut member business Bayada has been named a 2023 America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.  Newsweek created this survey and Award in order to offer job seekers, consumers and potential partners a true picture of a company’s commitment to…

The Inclusion Infusion Awards go to companies/partners which have created an environment of inclusion and a sense of belonging for their employee. This environment has been created by development of a successful disability Employee Resource Council/Group actively engaging with disability hiring organizations (state agencies, service providers, etc.) hosting internal events supporting disability inclusion a commitment…

Disability:IN Connecticut’s Virtual Annual Meeting & Special Gala Awards Ceremony was held October 28, 2022, 10:00 am to noon. The annual event celebrated Connecticut’s 26+ years of disability employment leadership and innovation, and honored our state’s business leaders who make this happen. Attendees learned steps that create a disability-inclusive workplace. The event provided attendees the…

Sharon Denson, Executive Director of Disability: IN Connecticut was recently interviewed by John Voket of Connoisseur Media. The interview will be aired as the second segment Sunday, June 19th on the award-winning ‘For the People’. For the People broadcasts live on Connecticut’s Connoisseur Media stations – just click on the ‘Stations’ tab and then ‘Connecticut’: https://connoisseurmedia.com/stations/ For the People’s live…

In recognition of 2022 Mental Health Awareness Month, highly acclaimed Mental Health Expert Steve Crimando returned by popular demand. He addressed the importance of the mental health of our workforce and best practices for opening up the discussion about mental health and creating a positive workplace. The virtual program was held on Friday, May 20,…

Congratulations to our eloquent Executive Director, Sharon Denson, who was interviewed in a Hartford Business Journal / CT Mirror article titled CT Aims to Build Disability Workforce ‘Pipeline”. Read the article here:  https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/ct-aims-to-build-disability-workforce-pipeline?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CT+Morning+Blend&utm_campaign=CTMorningBlend03082022

Disability Inclusion and the War for Talent Organizations are experiencing a generational work shortage due to the retirement of the Baby Boom generation. There are not enough workers in succeeding generations to replace the workers in that generation who are retiring.  The pandemic and the changes in the workplace which have resulted from the pandemic have…

The 2021 Disability:IN Connecticut Annual Meeting was held on virtually on Thursday, November 18, 2021.  As in the past, this event celebrated Connecticut’s Corporate Disability Inclusion Leaders 26+ Years of Disability Employment Leadership and Innovation, as well as honoring the states leaders who make this happen. The keynote presentation highlighted Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin’s highly successful…

On September 9th, we hosted our fourth webinar in the “Success Leaves Clues” series of virtual programs, “Many Happy Returns: Proven Best Practices from Essential Businesses”. We have survived the trauma of a global pandemic and we are finally able to envision a return to some semblance of normalcy in both our personal and professional lives. Many…

It has been 33 years since the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act – a landmark federal law that protects the rights of all people with disabilities. Globally, people with disabilities represent over one billion people or 15% of the population. We are 1 in 5 Americans, and twice as likely to be unemployed/underemployed…