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Thinking and working together to enable better inclusion of people with disabilities

Company name : ADT-CENTER

Activity sector : Administrative services and support activities

Company category : SME

 

Raise awareness, train and involve

Description of the action

One of ADT-Center's jobs is to support companies in the realization of their projects.

Within this framework, ADT-Center has committed to lead and animate a day of reflection on themes such asinclusion, welfare, the job market, autonomy and self-management of people with disabilities.

Context

A day of reflection and work bringing together all those concerned: managers, supervisors, disabled people, family, etc.

Objectives

  • To mobilize and federate the different actors (disabled or not) around a common project.
  • Collect development paths and action plans to enable people with disabilities to better live theirdisability and to facilitate theirinclusion in everyday life and in the world of work.

Approach

ADT-Center supervised different working groups and facilitated the day of reflection.

  • Organisation of different working groups around themes such as theinclusion of people with disabilities in everyday life and in the labour market, internal and external communication, proper treatment, the right to independence and self-management.

Brainstorming :

  • Opportunity for people (supervisors, disabled people and family) to express themselves freely and openly about their perception, reality, needs and wishes concerning one of the themes.
  • Presentation of the results of the reflection of each working group and highlighting of 3 important points per subject of reflection.
  • Synthesis of the reflections and implementation of action plans.

Impact

This working day allowed the disabled people present to freely express their experiences, their reality, their perception, their limits and their wishes.

People with mental disabilities were able to become actively involved in the reflection and implementation of concrete and achievable action plans.

By giving the floor to all participants, they were able to become aware of certain issues. For example concerninginclusion: One of the participants expressed the wish to be able to benefit from a bus pass that does not reveal his degree ofdisability so that he can be considered like any other passenger and not be singled out.

« To do »

  • Working together, exchanging, communicating for a common project: facilitating the inclusion of people with disabilities.
  • We have made this day a positive, dynamic and constructive day.
  • We have, through the supervision and positive facilitation of the working meetings, given all the participants (decision-makers, supervisors, people with and without disabilities) the opportunity to express themselves, to get actively involved and to develop together a realistic and feasible action plan.

« Not to do »

  • Do not give people with disabilities the opportunity to express themselves, do not take them seriously and do not let them participate actively in projects that concern them.
  • Not considering individually different personalities, not taking into account the perceptions and the need for action of people with disabilities.

Keywords : Diversity management plan

Published on 01 January 2016

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