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In this blog, IBM's Disability Employee Network Group (ENG) Lead and D&I Champion, Alix Horton, shares how IBM champion disability inclusion.

Disability inclusion: A Q&A with IBM

IBM's Disability Employee Network Group (ENG) Lead and D&I Champion, Alix Horton, shares how they champion disability inclusion.

In this Q&A, Emma Mitchell, Talent Director at EY who lives with ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), shares how organisations can better support employees with chronic illness.

Supporting employees with chronic illness: First-hand insights with Emma Mitchell

In this Q&A, Emma Mitchell, Talent Director at Ernst & Young (EY) who lives with ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), shares how organisations can better support employees with chronic illness. Emma’s insights come from both her professional and personal experience in supporting employees with chronic illness and hidden disabilities.

Your teacher just told you to read aloud to the class, but the words on the page won’t stay in one place. It’s the stuff of primary school nightmares. But for over 1,000 Highland pupils diagnosed with dyslexia, it’s a daily reality.

But by having a tool that everyone can use, teacher Lee Williams says it's removing the stigma that surrounds the condition.

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Discover how Highland schools are using literacy software Read&Write to help all their students achieve.

Groundbreaking tool helps Highland pupils overcome dyslexia

This article was originally published in The Press and Journal on 8th January 2022.

Dyslexia manifests differently for everyone – letters facing backwards, jumbled words, moving text. It can be embarrassing and confusing, which leads many young people to find their own workarounds rather than risk letting anyone know they’re struggling.

But classes at Dingwall Academy are using learning software to help pupils overcome the symptoms of dyslexia.

Discover how two edtech giants are coming together to strengthen assistive technology for the world and give educators and students more choice.

Texthelp and Don Johnston Incorporated join forces

Texthelp and Don Johnston Inc. join forces to help students across North America and the world achieve more

On behalf of everyone at Texthelp and Don Johnston Inc., we are very happy to announce today that both of our companies are coming together to work as one.

We have worked in parallel in the edtech sector for decades.  We both support equality and inclusion of all people, especially individuals with dyslexia and many other learning needs. So our collective plan in joining forces is to make our combined range of products available to as many students as possible.

Our research found that 94% of HR and D&I professionals have established neurodiversity and disability inclusion best practices into their workplace. While this is brilliant, we've still got a long way to go. That's because when it comes to D&I priorities, our research also found that disability is still ranked as one of the lowest. Race was the top priority at 38%, followed by gender at 25%. Socio-economic background, disability, and sexual orientation were ranked the lowest at 16%, 15%, and 6% respectively.

There are common myths that disability inclusion is complicated or expensive. 66% of employers say the costs of workplace adjustments are a barrier to employing a person with a disability. But this simply isn’t true.

Beyond the moral responsibility to do so, let's take a look at the growing need to bring disability inclusion into the D&I agenda.

3 reasons to bring disability inclusion to the mainstream: the rising, the unforeseen & the unforgettable

Businesses all over the world are making great strides for diversity and inclusion (D&I), but often disability is lower on the list of priorities. 

What is one way your organization can be more proactive in creating a workplace where curiosity about differences is welcomed and encouraged, and where inclusion is the mutual responsibility of everyone?

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Disability inclusion: A Q&A with IBM

Supporting employees with chronic illness: First-hand insights with Emma Mitchell

Groundbreaking tool helps Highland pupils overcome dyslexia

Texthelp and Don Johnston Inc. join forces to help students across North America and the world achieve more

3 reasons to bring disability inclusion to the mainstream: the rising, the unforeseen & the unforgettable

13 consciously inclusive behaviors to foster in the workplace

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