October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and this year’s campaign centers “advancing access and equity”. Jeff Lafata-Hernandez, Executive Director of Empowering People for Inclusive Communities (EPIC), joins the podcast to review language best practices when talking about the disabled community, the definition of terms like disability and ableism, and the first baby steps an employer can take toward a more inclusive workplace.As always, please get in touch and let us know your thoughts: https://ebcne.org/energy-environment-economy-podcast/ and follow the podcast on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/energy.environment.economy
Links from the episode:
Everybody Wins with Disability Inclusion – A Three-hour Virtual Training – October 10, 2023: https://ebcne.org/event/everybody-wins-with-disability-inclusion-a-three-hour-virtual-training/
Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act: https://panetta.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-panetta-introduces-marriage-equality-disabled-adults-act
SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act: https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-cassidy-announce-first-bipartisan-bicameral-bill-in-decades-to-update-supplemental-security-income-program
Where to find EPIC:
Homepage: https://www.epicleaders.org/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/epicleaders
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/epicleaders
X, formerly Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/EPIC_Leaders
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/epicleadersLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epicleaders/
Where to find EBC:
Webpage: https://ebcne.org/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/energy.environment.economy
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/environmental-business-council-of-new-england-inc-
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLKLl6DmcaFbOwjJ2aB956g
