“There are incredible people out there who have the drive, talent and resilience to do anything but are never given an opportunity for whatever reason. Engaging them can only benefit everyone. What’s stopping us?”
Steve Carter, the founder of The Ability People, is a recruitment professional with almost 32 years’ experience across the UK, Ireland, Asia and Australia.
TAP is a consultancy specialising in Disability Inclusion , Co-Founded by myself and Paralympian, Liz Johnson.
“I’m fortunate: my career has never felt like work and has given me freedom to learn and grow. I believe obstacles create opportunities and I want to empower people to take chances when they come.”
The Ability People’s Managing Director and Client Ambassador, Liz leads the team and represents us with corporate partners, outlining and embodying the values that make our organisation unique:
Liz has earned success as a Paralympian, media commentator, public speaker, athlete mentor and community ambassador.We work with organisations on inspiring them to embrace people for what they 'can do' and to become less focused on what they 'can't do'.
Our team of consultants all have a disability and have achieved at the highest level of sport, in their communities and in education. We support leaders and their organisations with education, coaching and highly impactful simulations that help people appreciate that 'how' you do something is often less important than simply getting the right outcome. Our culture and process change programmes ensure inclusion becomes 'BAU' and organisations become better connected to their customers, employees and investors.
Disability Inclusion
The Ability People supports companies and leaders to help them ‘live’ inclusion and create a culture where equality is no longer talked about because it has become ‘business as usual’.
There is a cliched perspective on disability inclusion which focuses on the physical environment. We realign thinking to concentrate on the more valuable areas of culture, acceptance, capability of leadership and the importance of representing the wider community.
Inspiration
An inspirational keynote presentation from The Ability People team offers an authentic perspective on disability from those who have achieved the highest accolades in sport, business and community.
Highlighting the importance of ‘difference’, we explain how disability need not prevent success and how, with a focus what people ‘can do’, the possibilities for achievement are endless.
Understanding
The Ability People’s workshop programme takes participants on a journey towards true inclusion through understanding the importance of authentic diversification. We build confidence in interacting with people with disabilities of all demographics and explore strategies to support and empower them in the workplace.
Change
The Ability People work to change company culture in four ways:
Education:
Sharing knowledge through presentations, workshops, seminars and 1-2-1 coaching.
Experience:
Exposing people to disability via simulated experience.
Sharing personal experiences with disability.
Culture:
Moving teams and organisations towards disability inclusion.
Normalising inclusion and gaining leadership ‘buy in’.
Process:
Auditing, redesigning and integrating processes.
Training teams on refreshed processes
Complete documentation templates (where appropriate)
We all long for permanent employment and the chance to build a career path. We do not need to accept that living with a disability comes with its own barriers, the toughest to surmount being employment. Today, this has all changed.
https://www.theabilitypeople.com/
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Cheers!
Jeff