[Nfbmd] {Disarmed} FW: "Where Are the CEOs and Executive Managers with Disabilities?"

Fri Mar 13 16:30:35 UTC 2015

This is interesting an tells the truth! This is what we work to overcome.

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Subject: "Where Are the CEOs and Executive Managers with Disabilities?"

Where Are the CEOs and Executive Managers with Disabilities?
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By John D. Kemp, President and CEO of The Viscardi Center
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As we prepare to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the passage of the 1990
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, I cannot help but ask, how
many corporate CEOs, presidents or high-level executives with disabilities
easily come to mind? Although I use four prostheses and steer a large
not-for-profit in the New York metro area, I can only rattle off a few CEOs
with a disability. While we're seeing broadened gender and ethnic diversity
at the top of the ladder, people with disabilities are still lagging when it
comes to making it to the C-suite.

The lack of individuals in leadership roles is reflective of the employment
woes people with disabilities are still experiencing. While the road towards
this landmark anniversary includes many accomplishments, the employment of
people with disabilities continues to be an area where we've barely moved
the needle. We're still seeing an outrageously low labor force participation
rate, the percentage of people who are working or actively looking for work,
by individuals with disabilities. The February 2015 labor force
participation rate for people with disabilities, according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS), was 19.8 percent, compared to 68.2 percent for
people without disabilities. If well-educated, qualified individuals aren't
even in the workforce, how could they possibly climb the corporate ladder,
or shall I say 'ramp'?

Let's look at ADA25 as a means of drawing attention to this continued
challenge. If you are an employer, we need your "buy in." You hold the keys
to unlocking employment opportunities at all levels for people with
disabilities. There is more untapped, educated talent out there than ever
before. Embrace it. Recruit and hire people with disabilities. Advance those
already within your organization and diversify your thought leadership....

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