By Luisa Alemany and Freek Vermeulen
In recent years many companies have become sensitised to the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion. But in most organisations, DEI initiatives focus largely on gender and ethnicity. A group that has received less attention is people with disabilities, and that has led to disparities in the workplace. In the United Kingdom, for example, the employment rate for people with some form of disability (who make up 20% of the working-age population) is just 53%, far less than the 81% rate for people without disabilities.
Employing people with disabilities is usually seen as a social cause — one best suited to organisations that are not-for-profit or in the public sector.
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