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Okay, I’ve hired a person with a disability. Now what? Include disability information in your new employee orientation and other diversity training efforts Provide your new employee with a disability reasonable accommodations and training and advancement opportunities All of the Above Conduct an audit of your facility to identify accessible features and areas in need of accessibility improvements

Businesses should educate all staff on disability issues – during new staff orientation and ongoing diversity training programs. You should also provide continuing information on disability issues and legislation. But there’s more! Close, Try Again… Guess again!

One strategy for creating barrier-free employment is creating a physically accessible work environment. Utilize tools to conduct a brief facility audit to ensure you have accessible facilities and services, including accessible parking, routes, entrances, and work areas. This is only one strategy though. Almost… Please try again!

As required by the ADA, employers must reasonably accommodate qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. This includes ensuring that employees with disabilities can participate in employer-sponsored training events and have procedures in place to promote qualified employees with disabilities to management & supervisory positions. But there are other strategies too! Close, but there is more! Please Try Again!

There are many strategies for successfully employing people with disabilities that increase workplace integration, promote productivity and efficiency for your new employee, improve employee morale, and encourage overall business success. These include staff training on disability issues, accessible facilities, providing accommodations, training, and advancement opportunities for your new employee, and utilizing federal tax incentive programs. For more information about practical business strategies for employing people with disabilities, read the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Disability Employment 101Disability Employment 101. CORRECT!