Disability in the Corporate Workplace

On today’s episode of Justice Matters co-host Maggie Gates speaks with Reid Jewett Smith, Vice President of Research and Policy at Disability:IN, the world's leading nonprofit for disability inclusion in business - where her work focuses on disability and corporate sustainability, both as a measure of human impact and bottom line performance. In this conversation they talk about a variety of topics including: understanding disability in the workplace, the universal disability equality index, counteracting stigma and understanding value of disability in the workplace, designing inclusive workplaces, the impact of remote work and technology, peer pressure and corporate responsibility, current work force trends for professionals with disabilities, and what’s to come for the future of disability inclusion.  Reid oversees Disability:IN’s policy related initiatives to make corporate workplaces, governing bodies and business disclosures more inclusive. Her experience with disability ste...