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As we celebrate Disability Pride Month, we honor the history, achievements, and contributions of individuals with disabilities. This month provides us with an opportunity to promote visibility, amplify voices, and gain a deeper understanding of the disability community's experiences and perspectives. We also invite in this opportunity to emphasize the importance of inclusion, accessibility, and equality in all areas of life.
This year, we dedicate our July Diversity Awareness Newsletter to learning more about disabilities in the workplace and how to become better allies. To support this, we highlight several workshops and webinars centered around the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), invisible disabilities and the critical need for accessibility. Join us in recognizing and supporting the incredible contributions of people with disabilities by participating in these insightful events and deepening our capacity to create an inclusive environment for all.
Here are some workshops and webinars for Disability Pride Month:
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"Exploring Learning Disabilities: Supporting Belonging" by OpenLearn: In this free course, Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging, you will hear from many different people about what it is like to have the label ‘learning disability’, and how it feels to support someone with a learning disability, as a family member, a friend, an advocate or a paid worker. These human stories will lead you into some of the complex moral, ethical and practical debates learning disability gives rise to. Learn more here
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"Disability PRIDE: Inclusion & Belonging Training" by Leaders For Inclusion, Wedinesday July 17th 12pm - 1:30pm: Join us for a presentation hosted by staff of Michigan Disability Right Coalition’s Leaders For Inclusion (LFI) Program . During the presentation LFI will discuss ways community organizations can become more authentically inclusive of people with disabilities, not only in terms of physical access but in planning and programming and ensuring people with disabilities' voices are at the table and heard. LFI will discuss topics such as Disability History and Pride, Ableism, Inclusion, Belonging, and steps toward making your organization more inclusive. Our services also include technical assistance, follow up and accountability after training as organizations and professionals journey to become more inclusive. Register here
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"Invisible Disabilities" by Eleventure/TorranceLearning: This enlightening free course introduces ways you can recognize invisible disabilities, adapt, and create an inclusive workplace. Learn more here
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