Search
START TYPING AND PRESS ENTER TO SEARCH
Search
START TYPING AND PRESS ENTER TO SEARCH

Day: November 5, 2019

This Belfast Employer Began Hiring People With Intellectual Disabilities 20 Years Ago. It Paid Off:

News, Thinking News & Events / By

https://www.mainepublic.org/post/belfast-employer-began-hiring-people-intellectual-disabilities-20-years-ago-it-pai Patricia Saucier of Searsport has worked for Support Services at Bank of America for 20 years.ABIGAIL CURTIS / MAINE PUBLIC When Patricia Saucier was a teenager, she felt as if her life story would be defined by what she could not do. As a child, she was diagnosed with an intellectual

Toyota Release £250,000 for Disability Sport in UK:

News, Thinking News & Events / By

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1086682/toyota-funding-disability-sport-uk Toyota has launched a new £250,000 ($322,000/€290,000) fund in the United Kingdom to provide training and equipment for Para-athletes. The scheme has been launched through the car giant’s online hub Parasport, which aims to get more disabled people active. Registered activity providers who are signed up to Parasport can

Is Apple’s Inclusion Of Disability-Themed Emojis Four Years Too Late?:

News, Thinking News & Events / By

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahkim/2019/10/31/apple-disability-related-emojis/#2993b5055929 On Monday, October 28, Apple released nearly 60 new emoji characters with its iOS 13.2 software update. Among interracial couples and gender-neutral characters, the emoji keyboard now includes the anticipated disability-centric characters and icons. Now included in Apple’s emoji library are service dogs for the blind and characters in wheelchairs and

How To Make Workplaces More Welcoming For Employees With Disabilities:

News, Thinking News & Events / By

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewpulrang/2019/11/04/how-to-make-workplaces-more-welcoming-for-employees-with-disabilities/#473d53fe53d8 October was National Disability Employment Awareness Month. It’s a time each year when disability organizations, elected officials, business experts, and journalists discuss the status of disabled people in the job market and workplace. We generally start by taking stock of the size and shape of the disability employment gap. It’s


Get In touch

drop us a line and keep in touch

Facebook-f Twitter Instagram
info@thinkingdisabilities.ie

Thinking Disabilities, Hill Road, Killaloe, Co. Clare, V94 YR59, Ireland.
©Thinking Disabilities. All Rights Reserved
Privacy Terms Cookies Contact

disclaimer