Disability Inclusion in the Workplace with Meg O’Connell

The Heumann Perspective

The transcript for this episode is available here.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and our first episode of this month is with Meg O’Connell. She is the founder and CEO of Global Disability Inclusion working with companies on improving their disability inclusion efforts.

About Meg O’Connell

Meg is the CEO & Founder of Global Disability Inclusion; she is an internationally recognized disability employment and inclusion expert with over 25 years of experience in human capital management, talent acquisition, performance management, disability inclusion, employee engagement, marketing, and customer service programs. Meg and her team has worked with some of the world’s most recognized brands and provides strategic program design, development, and implementation of disability employment and inclusion programs for Global 500 companies, US Federal Contractors, colleges and universities, non-profits, and foundations. Her work has received numerous accolades including the Society of Human Resource Management’s (SHRM’s) Innovative Practice Award. She has been quoted in Huffington Post, Science Magazine, Diversity Executive, DiverseAbility, and numerous trade magazines for her insights on the employment of people with disabilities. She keynotes and presents at international conferences regularly. Meg holds a certificate in ADA Mediation and she is also conversationally proficient in American Sign Language.

Related Links:

• Global Disability Inclusion Website
• The State of Disability Employee Engagement Report
• Employing Abilities at Work Certificate with SHRM
• Amplify Disability Culture & Climate Survey

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Intro music by Lachi. Outro music by Gaelynn Lea.