Executive Education AOD Disability inclusion: frameworks and tools for an inclusive workplace

This interactive, one-day course offers practical insights into how to foster inclusive and accessible working environments. Participants will learn about disability rights, the Australian policy and legislative environment, and inclusive practice. Drawing on case studies of successful approaches, the course equips participants with knowledge of a range of impactful strategies for breaking down bias, promoting equal opportunity, and preventing workplace disability discrimination. The lectures and interactive live sessions include real-world problems and scenarios to work through, designed to build capability and confidence and transform participants’ approach to inclusion.

Course overview

Topics include:

Understanding disability and employment in Australia
Australian disability policy and legislative environment: the content of key policies and their implications for employers and employees
Disability identity and intersectionality
Inclusion in the workplace and community through the implementation of universal design principles and reasonable accommodations

Learning outcomes:

Recognise and critically analyse different ways of experiencing, accommodating, and communicating about disability
Discover strategies to address workplace disability discrimination and foster inclusive working environments.
Analyse case studies of successful inclusion practice and apply these insights to real world workplace scenarios.

Who should attend?

This course is designed for managerial staff (or above) across the private and public sector. Staff at lower levels may benefit from the course; however, managerial staff will be targeted as they have the requisite authority to implement disability inclusive practices in their workplaces. Participants will need to work in an office environment (as opposed to a trade, for instance) for module 4 to be relevant.

Presenter

Dr Laura Davy

Dr Laura Davy is a lecturer in Policy and Governance at the Crawford School of Public Policy. She has a background in political theory, sociology and social policy research, and has published on disability theory, the ethics of care, human rights, and disability policy and services.

Her current research focuses on policy listening and citizen engagement, in the context of the implementation and outcomes of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and international trends in disability and social care policy and practice. She is particularly interested in human rights informed approaches to policy design and implementation and the implications for service users and citizens of the shift towards individualised and market-based social services delivery.

Molly Saunders

Molly Saunders is a Research Associate in the Department of Policy and Governance at the Crawford School of Public Policy, working on projects in the disability policy area. She is also a PhD Candidate at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where her thesis examines gender inequity and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). With a legal background, Molly has been involved in disability advocacy for over five years, working as an individual and systemic disability advocate, and serving in various volunteer roles, such as on the board of a Disabled People’s Organisation.