Last Modified: 3 October 2022
Blogs and articles
My experience as a disabled consumer: Chantel Emery
Chantel Emery is Advice Service Officer at Business Disability Forum and shares how her shopping experience has changed over the years.
You can read her blog on our website.
Five ways you can be inclusive this fashion week
Adaptista is an organisation that seeks to help brands reach disabled consumers in a meaningful way. In this blog on our website, they provide five practical steps organisations can take to improve inclusion and show disabled consumers that they are welcome.
You employ more disabled people than you think – Diane Lightfoot
Diane Lightfoot, CEO of Business Disability Forum, has advice for organisations operating in the construction industry in this article provided via building.co.uk.
She explains that many disabled employees do not seek support or even tell their employer that they are disabled, and explains how addressing this can improve retention rates and disabled employees’ experience of work.
You can read the article on building.co.uk’s website.
Disability Smart Awards 2021 winners
Our Disability Smart Awards 2021 saw lots of excellent examples of disability inclusion in practice. Our SME readers may be interested to read about Millwood Servicing, who won the SME award.
You can read more by visiting our Disability Smart Awards 2021 page and scrolling to the Disability Smart SME award section.
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