Hiring People with Disabilities

Welcome to “Why Hire People with Disabilities? Support for Employers”. This Guide is meant as a starting point for employers who are looking to bring diversity to their workforce. It will provide you with:

Practical ideas and guidelines for hiring people with disabilities
The benefits for you as an employer, in having a diverse workforce
Tools for training and/or development of job-specific training plans
Canadian and local (Nelson & area) resources to support you and assist you with recruiting, hiring, training and accommodating employees with disabilities in your workplace

The information has been gathered from a variety of sources as well as experience based on many years working in the field of employment and people with disabilities. There is a multitude of great information and sources “out there”, and this guide attempts to gather key points into one document.

This project was made possible by the 2010 Legacy Funds – Measuring Up funding that was designated to assist communities in becoming more accessible to persons who live with a disability. The local Measuring Up Committee designated employment for persons with a disability as a priority in the Nelson area.

I extend my gratitude to the Nelson Measuring Up Committee who selected Kootenay Career Development Society to research and write this Support/Guide for Employers. Thank-you also to Kootenay Career Development Society who has matched the Measuring Up funding with in-kind resources, without which this project would not have come to fruition.