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What do you know about the Government's Disability Action Plan? Read our blog to find out more about its content and history, and what we will do next as a business membership organisation: https://ow.ly/b7al50QCEa8 Image description: View of the Houses of Parliament at night. #DisabilityActionPlan #Government #UKGovernment #Policy #DisabledPeople #DisabilityInclusion

Did you know that the Birmingham Law Society has a sub-committee dedicated to Health and Disability? 💼✨ We're dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment for all legal professionals by championing accessibility, equality, and support for individuals with health challenges and disabilities by: 👉 Amplifying the voices of those navigating health-related issues and ensuring they have a platform to share their experiences 👉Providing insights to empower legal practitioners and aspiring lawyers to highlight the fact that health and/or disability is not a barrier to a career in law 👉 Events that promote inclusivity for all within the legal profession 👉 Raising awareness about the intersection of health, disability, and the legal profession Find out more about our Health and Disability sub-committee: 🌟 Join us at Birmingham Law Society events 📢 Share your experiences and insights with us so we can tailor further events and resources around what you may want to learn more about 🤝 Collaborate with us on initiatives aimed at advancing inclusivity 💬 Follow us for updates, events, and opportunities to connect with like-minded individuals both online and in person Read more via https://bit.ly/3TcFNrl #birminghamlawsociety #lawsector #birminghamuk #healthanddisability

Did You Know - 117 Consider partnering with local disability organizations. They can provide advice, resources, or even training to help make your presentations more inclusive. How are you leveraging local resources to improve your understanding and implementation of disability-inclusive practices? https://lnkd.in/e5rhaCTG #inclusiveLeadership #inklusivComm #trulyConnect

Disability:IN, White & Case LLP and TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, present our new research paper, Disability Inclusion in the EU: A Legal Analysis to Guide Corporate Responsibilities Under New EU Disability Inclusive Legislation. Emerging regulations regarding #DisabilityInclusion have implications for businesses around the world. To learn more about these new regulations and how they might affect you, read the full paper at https://shorturl.at/6ea7s.

How can law firms, corporate legal departments, and the broader legal industry promote disability inclusion within the profession? Ahead of our upcoming webinar in partnership with Disability:IN tomorrow, October 22, Law360's Tracey Read speaks with attorney Ted Kennedy Jr. about his work as an advocate for disability inclusion. Read an excerpt of the profile here: https://bit.ly/4dUbJcf #DisabilityInclusion #LegalIndustry #EmploymentLaw

In a major win for people with disabilities, the US Department of Justice has published their final ruling under Title II of the ADA that will ensure that healthcare entities provide accessible diagnostic treatment. View the DOJ's press release and rule here: https://loom.ly/Y5V16yU #TransCen #ADA #InclusiveHealthcare #InclusionMatters #ADATitleII

As an industry, we're increasingly talking about and creating more inclusive research and insights. It’s wonderful! ✨ But as we lean in, we also need to consider how to ensure our efforts are purposeful and meaningful for the audiences we want to give a voice to and better show up for. In this Personal Perspective article written by Truth's Associate Director, Juliet Wood, she shares: 💬 "Identity is fluid, personal, intersectional, and uncertain – in a world of ‘tick box’ research, we need to respect that identity is not as easy to understand as this..." You can read her full article in Research Live here: https://lnkd.in/ed5dqpUt #InclusiveResearch #HumanCentric

Check out this recent article by Kalia Richardson in RollingStone, which explores the representation of disability experience in popular media. https://lnkd.in/gwHyXqUe

Developing Your First Accessibility Plan is a resource from Untapped Accessibility and Disability Alliance BC that spotlights inclusive best practices to guide organizations to develop an accessibility plan, committee, and public feedback mechanisms. https://ow.ly/Ax0H50P860U

Today is Disabled Access Day, an event which takes place to highlight and celebrate accessibility and inclusion across the UK. To mark the occasion, we’re taking a look at how accountancy practices can make their workplaces more accessible for disabled employees! Check out Matt Byrne-Fraser and Lauren Bailey's thoughts on inclusivity within the accountancy sector 👇 https://lnkd.in/eRtcTrzb #disabledaccessday #disabilityawareness  #accountancy #accountancypractices