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Make It Safe for Employees to Disclose Their Disabilities

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Reflecting on this article from HBR on how to make it safe for employees to disclose their disabilities, I can confirm that I have had the same experience. Disclosing my disability has facilitated others to confide in me about their disabilities. Many then go on to disclose their own disabilities.

Authentic representation of disabilities in the workplace is key to creating a safe space for employees to be themselves and to disclose their disabilities. Only through open discussion around disability, can our culture change.

...our survey also found that just 20% of the 5,870 employees in the survey who had a disability agreed that their workplace culture is fully committed to helping them thrive and succeed. Meanwhile, 76% of employees with disabilities in the survey report not fully disclosing their disabilities at work (e.g., to HR, colleagues, supervisors/managers). And 80% of C-suite executives and their direct reports who have disabilities are also not disclosing them.
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