Disability Inclusion In the Workforce - Becky Kekula Chats with Nish
07/31/2020Chat with Nish is a series hosted by Nish Parikh, CEO, Co-Founder and Chief Empathy Advocate at Rangam.
“To bring inclusive culture, we need to be more empathetic.” - Becky Curran Kekula On July 29th, 2020, Becky Kekula of Disability:IN joined Nish Parikh of Rangam to talk about “Disability Inclusion in the Workplace”.
As the Director of Disability:IN’s Disability Equality Index (DEI), Becky is an advocate for diversity and inclusion on a global scale. While speaking about the challenges faced by the disability community, Becky emphasized the importance of “constructive feedback”.
She explained how constructive feedback helps people with disabilities to find meaningful jobs and build rewarding careers. COVID-19 crisis has created immense opportunities to work remotely and work from home for everyone, especially for people with disabilities. Companies are adopting best practices to support disability inclusion to ensure that people with disabilities have access to all aspects of society. People with disabilities want to be part of every equation, and they want to be problem solvers, she mentioned.
“People like to listen to similar stories,” Becky said while talking about encouraging people to come and share their stories. People with disabilities should share their stories to inspire others in the disability community to have their voices heard. Everyone should listen to the stories and journeys of people with disabilities rather than assuming. Sharing stories brings comfort, and that’s how we all connect.
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