Breaking Barriers: Championing Diversity and Empowering People with Disabilities

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Lloyd Lewis, CEO, Arc Thrift Stores

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This week we met with Llyod Lewis from Arc Thrift Stores in Colorado to talk about embodying inclusion by employing persons with intellectual and development disabilities.

- Arc's mission

- How to implement your own IDD/DEI program

- Supporting people with disabilities in your organization

- Importance of skills that people with intellectual disabilities bring to the workplace

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