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In this country, 50 per cent of those with one or more disabilities have a university degree. Employment outcomes for them? The same as someone with a high-school diploma. That's...

Five key objectives – including inclusive skills development and lifelong learning – need to be met if people with disabilities are to benefit from the major trends shaping the new...

According to the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, 14.3% of Canadians report having a disability. Canadians with disabilities are more than twice as likely to live in poverty as other...

In a workplace, as in many other spaces, disabilities interfere with our ability to do as expected. The social contract breaks down—anarchy by way of hypoglycemia—and when the issue is...

Statistics show that people who have a disability are more loyal to the organizations they work for than other employees. But poor onboarding experiences lead to employees leaving within their...

Thirty-per cent of Canadians who identify with a specific diversity group, including visible minorities and LGBTQ, have experienced at least one incident of discrimination at their current employer, a new...

Our brains don’t all work the same way. One New York-based software company sees that as a competitive advantage....

There’s a lack of career support services within our post-secondary institutions for graduating students who have a disability. On top of this, the unemployment rate of university or college graduates...

I have a friend from whom I love to borrow quotes. She speaks and thinks in great sound bites and I try to borrow from her as often as possible....

The employment rate for adults with autism falls significantly below that of the general population, in part due to stigma and lack of knowledge on the part of employers. Professionals...