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Can I Be Fired for My Disability?

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Tough Topics

Can I Be Fired for My Disability? also appears on our Substack Newsletter, Making Work Accessible, as part of our Tough Topic Thursdays series.


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In Summary

You have rights, and your employer has to be fair. But you also have a responsibility to speak up if you need help to do your job because of a disability. If your disability makes it hard to do your job, and you need something changed (like special equipment or different hours), then you do need to tell your boss. If you don't tell them, and you can't do your job well, your boss can fire you for not doing your job, not because you have a disability.

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Making Work Accessible: Onboarding

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Making Work Accessible

Welcome to this series of posts on Making Work Accessible! I’m so excited to share this deeper dive into accessibility at work, based on some content from a recent webinar and presentation. We’re going to explore the phases of the employee life cycle: Attraction, Recruitment, Onboarding, Development, and Retention. I’ll share some accessibility and inclusion best practices in each of these areas, and also include a related benefit of disability inclusion.

In HR, “onboarding” refers to the process of introducing a new employee to an organization and helping them adjust to their new role. What does that look like for people with disabilities?

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In Summary

When a new person starts a job, "onboarding" is how the company helps them get settled. For employees with disabilities, making this process easy and fair is key. Doing the things in this article makes the company look better to customers and shows they care about fairness.