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Consulting
Services Overview
Including
people with disabilities
is good business
Why
invest in inclusion?
People
with disabilities control
$175 billion in
discretionary spending.
They are the country's
largest minority group -
20% of all Americans. 29%
of all U.S. families
include a member with a
disability.
Our aging population means
the number of people with
disabilities is growing -
50% of Americans over 65
have a disability.
People
with disabilities are an
important employment
resource -- a highly
educated, newly enabled
pool of potential
employees.
- Recent
breakthroughs in
education, assistive
technology, and
transportation have
added many people with
disabilities to the
work force - and 3 of
4 are high school
grads.
- Employees
with disabilities are
highly motivated and
productive.
- 97%
have above average
safety records.
-
90% deliver above
average job
performance.
-
86% have above average
attendance.
- Every
$1 employers spend in
disability-related
accommodations saves
$34 in Worker's
Compensation,
insurance and training
costs.
Additional
incentives make it easier
than ever to hire and
market to people with
disabilities.
- Work
Opportunity Tax Credit
- 35% of first $6,000
of wages.
- Architectural
/ Transportation Tax
Deduction - up to
$15,000 per year.
- Small
Business Tax Credit -
50% credit for
expenditures between
$250 and $10,250.
The
Inclusion Network can help
your organization reach
this growing market and
work force
We
are a unique resource
available to corporations
and other organizations
who want to reach and
include people with disabilities.
Quality
Assurance
- Inclusion
Review - a
comprehensive analysis
of issues related to
inclusion.
- Construction
and Renovation -
consultation with
architects and
designers to assure
user friendliness.
- Consumer
Feedback - focus
groups of people with
disabilities, retail
site evaluations,
surveys.
Technical
Assistance
- Event
Accessibility Planning
- preparing and
locating
inclusion-related
resources.
- Work-force
consultation -
including recruitment,
accommodations, and
disability management
programs.
- Resource
Identification -
determining what is
best and most cost
effective.
Employee
Development
- Employee
Relations - how to
create and promote a
work environment where
diverse people work
well together.
- Customer
Relations - marketing
to customers and
clients with
disabilities.
- Individualized
Problem Solving.
"The
disabled" are the one
minority group
that any of
us might join at any time.
A
proven record of success
We
have provided training and
consultation to a wide
variety of organizations.
Some recent projects
include...
- Customer-service
strategies, and ADA
compliance for a
national retailing
organization.
- A
comprehensive
Inclusion Review of
the design for a new
National Football
League stadium,
ensuring that it will
be "user
friendly" for
people with
disabilities.
- "Mystery
shoppers" and a
detailed plan to
improve the
accessibility of a
major metropolitan
zoo.
How
Inclusive is your
organization?
- How
do you market to the
20% of the population
who have disabilities?
- How
do you communicate
with customers who are
deaf?
- Do
you know how to host
an accessible meeting?
- Do
you have a
"return to
work" plan for
employees who become
disabled?
- Have
you established a
procedure for
employees to request
job accommodations?
- How
do you recruit
qualified job
applicants who have
disabilities?
- Does
your emergency
evacuation plan
account for those with
mobility impairments?
We
Believe
- Finding
qualified, highly
motivated employees is
good business.
- Reducing
turnover is good
business.
- Avoiding
costly litigation is
good business.
- Increasing
worker productivity is
good business.
- Reducing
insurance costs is
good business.
- Improving
customer service is
good business.
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