On March 5, 2021, the industry leader in recruiting news, ERE Media, published an original piece from ICD’s CEO, Susan Scheer, titled, “The Tech Sector’s Big Disability Inclusion Problem.”
In it, Ms. Scheer calls on the tech sector to recognize disability as a form of diversity that brings valuable insight and perspective. She states,
In fact, individuals with disabilities bring perspective and experience that enhance organizations . . . We need to move away from the idea that people with disabilities are lacking something and recognize that they are adding something. As the pandemic has taught us, employees who have experience tackling great challenges without being daunted by them have much to teach us all. Even the greatest technology can benefit from that kind of drive and determination.
The full piece can be found here.