Colleges / Our Ability Collaboration

With this project, colleges and Our Ability seek to build better employment outcomes for the thousands of college students with disabilities through:
• Creating opportunities to strengthen the connection between Career Development and Disability Services professionals.
• Providing valuable context and information regarding:
o disability and ableism
o self-disclosure
o building a sustainable inclusive culture
o reducing barriers to inclusion
• Discussing the importance of building an inclusive workforce from an employer’s perspective

With Career Development and Disability Services professionals in attendance, Our Ability will coordinate and conduct a series of webinars on topics including:
• Diversity as Disability 101: Ableism and Culture
• Disability as Diversity 102: Jobs Ability and Recruitment
• Conversations with Business

Individual Seminars and Webinars

Disability as Diversity 101: Ableism and Culture
Our Ability facilitates communications designed to promote a disability-inclusive culture that goes beyond compliance. Our customized, comprehensive approach guides employers through education, exposure, and discussion; giving management, HR, co-workers – and even outside stakeholders and clients – the foundational skills to reduce the impact of bias, increase retention and lower turnover.

Having lived as or with people with disabilities ourselves, Our Ability leverages our firsthand knowledge to implement positive strategies that reduce fears and raise awareness. Underscoring that a deep understanding is key to any successfully inclusive workplace culture, we emphasize reality and straightforward, practical advice. Together, we’ll also explore real-life scenarios through our exclusive series of disability awareness videos, created by people with disabilities.

Benefits include:
• Reducing barriers, increasing sensitivity, and promoting tolerance.
• Ensuring open dialogue and mutual respect.
• Instilling inclusivity language and communication skills.
• Building a successful, sustainable disability-inclusive culture.
• Providing a positive, employee and customer experience that celebrates inclusivity.
• Decreasing employment liability exposure.

Disability as Diversity 102 | Jobs Ability Recruitment

Our Ability provides multiple specific, corporate-sponsored recruitment to college and university disability service offices for students and alumni. We demonstrate Jobs Ability and discuss how we support hiring managers, recruiters, and senior management by being a resource for students and graduates to find jobs.

We will build online events discussing the features of Jobs Ability. We demonstrate how to utilize the skill assessment, training elements and job search functionality. At the same time, we will provide organization-specific information.