Course 1: Become Disability Confident
Become confident interacting with disabled employees, customers and colleagues.
*Introductory Offer €65*
Course 1: Become Disability Confident
Who is this course for?
- Individuals looking to understand disability in modern society.
- HR Teams and Managers committed to diversity and inclusion.
- Progressive Organisations wishing to expand their talent pool.
Students of this course will become more confident interacting with disabled employees, customers and colleagues. We cover disability etiquette, language, legislation (Irish), awareness and empathy training.
What will you learn?
Learning Outcomes
- Explore the importance of disability awareness to your organisation.
- Define disability in the 21st century.
- Understand the diversity of disability.
- Promote allyship for supporting disabled employees, customers and colleagues.
What is included in this course?
Disability Confident is delivered virtually:
- 4 x bite-size captioned video lessons with transcripts.
- 1 x Interactive Disability Awareness Toolkit.
- 4 x Quizes to measure understanding of participants.
Your Instructor
Clare Kennelly is the founder and managing director of Inclusive Cork and Inclusive World Training. A graduate of UCC with a BA in Spanish and Sociology and Higher Diploma in Education. She has worked for 30 years in varying teaching and training roles: ELT, post primary, further and third level education. In all these roles she worked with students with varying disabilities, neurodiversities and mental health issues. She noticed even though they were succeeding in education, they met obstacles when looking for work placement and employment.
Inclusive Cork was established to respond to the Disability Employment gap and support organisations in understanding "Disability in the 21st Century". The goal is to develop disability confidence in business and society and thus empower younger disabled people navigate successfully and overcome the obstacles. Clare is vision impaired and is personally and professionally passionate about disability employment inclusion and universal design.
She is the creator and presenter of the DisruptAbility podcast which is an educational and information platform for all stakeholders; employers, employees, professionals and parents/guardians. Interviews with disabled people, advocates and activists highlight the barriers and opportunities for employing people with disabilities in Irish society and beyond.
Clare’s professional goal is to transform organisations into inclusion leaders.
Course Curriculum
"Clare Kennelly has tailored and delivered Disability Awareness Training to our teams. While the initial training was site based, Clare has subsequently delivered the content through Zoom meetings. These sessions focus on Disabilty Awareness, Mental Health and Neurodiversity and have been adjusted to account for the impact that Covid 19 has on all of us. A great addition to any organisation looking to change the dial on Disability in the workplace."
Aidan O' Brien, Operations Manager at Janssen Biologics