Business Disability Forum

In this episode our CEO Diane Lightfoot meets with the Bank of England’s Director for Banknotes and Chief Cashier Victoria Cleland to discuss the upcoming launch of the new Jane Austin £10 note on 14 September 2017 and how the note has been developed with accessibility in mind.

Business Disability Forum CEO Diane Lightfoot and Senior Disability Consultant Charles Clement discuss the topic of unemployment for people with learning disabilities.

Diane and Charles discuss how to recruit and retain employees with learning disabilities, what help is available for your organisation, what help is available for an employee with a learning disability, how to remove barriers within the application process and the benefits of hiring a person with a learning disability.

In this episode Daniel Wiles and Michael Vermeersch discuss the barriers created in the workplace for people with autism. This episode covers:

- Different ways of thinking - sequential and parallel thinking. 

- How to create the best environment for all employees to be at their best.

- The barriers neurotypical people are unaware they create.

- How changing structures can help neurodiverse employees.

Tune in to also hear about Michael's presentation 'If I can be myself I can be my best' and how Microsoft's diverse environment helped him improve things for disabled customers and employees.

In this episode by Lucy Ruck , Business Disability Forum’s Technology Taskforce Manager interviews David Caldwell, Barclays’ IT Accessibility Manager to find out how Barclays have used our Accessibility Maturity Model (AMM) to find out how well they are doing in regards to accessible technology and to identify areas that they need to do more work in.

In this podcast Dr. Siabi and Business Disability Forum's George Selvanera discuss the challenges of implementing a successful workplace adjustments process and the benefits Microlink has seen. Dr Siabi is Microlink’s Founder and CEO, he has 25 years’ experience delivering adjustments, helping over a quarter of a million people with disabilities  health conditions to succeed in education and employment.

Hear Business Disability Forum's Advice service discuss non-visible disabilities, the most common topic that managers contacted them for advice and guidance on in 2016.

Our Senior Disability Consultants Charles Clement and Christopher Watkins talk about why employers struggle with managing non-visible disabilities and give practical advice on how to get this right.