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What Aspiring Entrepreneurs With Disabilities Need to Know

Managing life with disabilities can be challenging, as can starting your own company. Overcoming the difficulties of both undertakings at the same time may feel nearly impossible, but having a plan for your business and knowing which steps to take to implement it will lighten the load and make the tasks seem far more manageable.… Continue reading What Aspiring Entrepreneurs With Disabilities Need to Know

We aren’t all Iron Men and Iron Ladies! Entrepeneurs discuss their mental health

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Successful entrepreneurs may look all tough and glamorous on the outside, but we’re all human, with a need to address our own mental health and emotions. Here at Honeycombers, we love entrepreneurs and small business owners – which is why we’ve created Launchpad, a networking platform that encourages connection and business support. As our community… Continue reading We aren’t all Iron Men and Iron Ladies! Entrepeneurs discuss their mental health

3 Tips for Starting a Small Business With a Disability

People with disabilities often are underrepresented and underutilized in the workplace. They tend to experience higher rates of unemployment than the general population, even though many people with disabilities are able and eager to work. One solution for people with disabilities who are struggling to find the right job or the right work environment is… Continue reading 3 Tips for Starting a Small Business With a Disability

6 Ways to Lead on Neurodiversity in the Workplace

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I am learning how to build a company that welcomes employees with varying cognitive abilities. I am no expert in this, even though our company focuses on developing inclusive leaders. During the pandemic, the challenges around mental health in the workplace have come to the fore, so I decided to share my adventure in navigating… Continue reading 6 Ways to Lead on Neurodiversity in the Workplace

Five detailed ways to design an office for neurodiversity

Workplace leaders, listen up: It’s time to ditch the one-size-fits-all-brains approach to office design. The human brain works in all manner of ways, as reflected in today’s neurodiverse workforce—and the workplace needs to step up to the job, too. Understanding neurodiversity starts with recognizing that a range of cognition exists, including autism spectrum condition, ADHD,… Continue reading Five detailed ways to design an office for neurodiversity

Ontario woman enduring effects of long COVID begins process for medically assisted death

Contracting COVID-19 radically changed Tracey Thompson’s life. It’s been more than two years since the initial infection, but her symptoms still dictate her days, leaving her with heavy-weighted fatigue, robbing her of energy and her ability to work. Thompson, a Toronto resident in her 50s, says the enduring illness and lack of substantive financial support… Continue reading Ontario woman enduring effects of long COVID begins process for medically assisted death

7 Things You Can Do For Your Customers With Special Needs

The customer experience is considered the top priority for restaurant owners. In designing your restaurant, you should keep in mind its accessibility for everyone. Disabled guests who dine in with their friends and families should be as comfortable and welcomed as everyone else. While the Federal Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) provides a checklist for… Continue reading 7 Things You Can Do For Your Customers With Special Needs

Your Career Vision and Values, and Why This Matters

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When deciding on a possible career change, whether you are considering employment or self-employment, most of us focus only on the end result. However, this can prevent you from examining two aspects that are critical to career planning: your career vision and your career values, both of which will help create a clear direction for… Continue reading Your Career Vision and Values, and Why This Matters

Ontario Tech hosting virtual speaker series to advance disability rights around the world

To position persons with disability as agents in their narratives and experts of their own experiences, event organizers commissioned professional artist Anne K Abbott to create promotional materials for the speaker series. Learn more about Abbott at https://annekabbott.com/. Approximately 12 per cent of individuals worldwide live with a disability. As the global population nears eight… Continue reading Ontario Tech hosting virtual speaker series to advance disability rights around the world