1. AODA - Module 1 - ReDO v4.1
Did You Know?
About 1.85 million people - or 15.5% of Ontario’s population - have a disability.
Almost half of all persons over the age of 65 have disabilities, and by 2025, 1 in 5 Ontarians will be 65 or older.
Disabilities can be both visible and invisible, with invisible disabilities being less obvious.
Disabilities can be temporary or permanent.
Visible Disability
Invisible Disability
Temporary/Permanent
Disability 

2. Complying with the AODA – It’s Just Good Business
AODA - Module 1 - ReDO v4.1
Complying with the AODA – It’s Just Good Business
According to the Royal Bank of Canada, persons with disabilities have an approximate spending power of about $25 billion annually across Canada.
Being known as an organization that accommodates both employees and customers with disabilities:
Helps ensure customers will choose our organization over our competitors
Helps attract highly competent employees
Creates a positive public image of your company
Taking concrete steps to both attain and retain a varied and diverse customer base - encompassing families and friends of individuals with disabilities - is of key importance for organization to thrive in today’s competitive economy.

3. Value of Employees with Disabilities
Return on Investment
Human Capital
Innovation
Marketing
Diversity
Social Responsibility
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Human Capital
Recruiting
Retention
Cost/Benefit
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Create efficient and effective business processes
Develop and implement strategies to attract and retain qualified talent
Use technology in new way
Introduce & customize new product and services
Foster the development of next-generation products and services
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Marketing
Mirror the market to attract a wider customer base
Increase market share
Respond to marketplace needs
Lead our market
Increase profitability
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Diversity
Diverse Marketplace
Diverse Workplace
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8. Social Responsibility
“the first responsibility of business is to make enough profit to cover the costs for the future. If this social responsibility is not met, no other social responsibility can be met the proper social responsibility of business is to turn a social problem into economic opportunity and economic benefit, into productive capacity, into human competence, into well-paid jobs, and into wealth.”
Frontiers of Management, Peter Drucker
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Return on Investment
Increased revenues
Reduced costs
Enhance shareholder value
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Proactive!
Senior Management’s/“Champion” actively supporting
Set aside funding for accommodation needs as is done for other fixed costs
Manager specific training
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