Disability Inclusion in the Workplace with Meg O'Connell

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and our first episode of this month is with Meg O'Connell. She is the founder and CEO of Global Disability Inclusion working with companies on improving their disability inclusion efforts.

About Meg O'Connell: Meg is the CEO & Founder of Global Disability Inclusion; she is an internationally recognized disability employment and inclusion expert with over 25 years of experience in human capital management, talent acquisition, performance management, disability inclusion, employee engagement, marketing, and customer service programs. Meg and her team has worked with some of the world's most recognized brands and provides strategic program design, development, and implementation of disability employment and inclusion programs for Global 500 companies, US Federal Contractors, colleges and universities, non-profits, and foundations. Her work has received numerous accolades including the Society of Human Resource Management’s (SHRM’s) Innovative Practice Award.

Learn more at www.globaldisabilityinclusion.com

The podcast version of this episode is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and my website: https://judithheumann.com/disability-inclusion-in-the-workplace-with-meg-oconnell/

To keep up with Judy (which may be impossible, she is very fast) follow her @theheumannperspective on Instagram and @judithheumann on Twitter.

Judy Heumann is an internationally recognized leader in the disability community and a lifelong civil rights advocate for disadvantaged people. She served as the first Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the U.S. Department of State from 2010 – 2017 under the Obama Administration. Recently, Judy has been building "The Heumann Perspective" as a podcast and accessible YouTube channel to broaden and spur discussions on the intersectionality of disability.

More Judy:
Watch Netflix Documentary "Crip Camp" for free here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFS8S...
"Being Heumann" Book: https://www.indiebound.org/book/97808​...
Comedy Central segment: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/2p86bg/​...
TedTalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABFpT​...

Intro music by Lachi: https://www.lachimusic.com/index.html
Outro music by Gaelynn Lea: https://violinscratches.com/