Driving the agenda of disability inclusion in the workplace makes good business sense and provides a high return on investment for businesses.
Did you know….
- There are 57 million Americans with disabilities or 1-out-of-5 Americans. This segment of individuals is the third largest segment in the United States (EARN, Market Research.com & the U.S. Census)
- Consumers with disabilities represent a $1 billion market segment in the U.S. (U.S. Census).
- 92% of the American public view companies that hire people with disabilities more favorably and 87% of American consumers say they would prefer to give their business to companies that employ individuals with disabilities (Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, Survey of Consumer Attitudes).
- Employees with disabilities can help your business understand and meet the needs of this expanding customer base and provide the innovative thinking required for a 21st century competitive edge.
Disability:IN Minnesota offers a comprehensive set of membership benefits to support employers and providers in their disability inclusion efforts. Disability:IN Minnesota promotes disability inclusion by heightening awareness, advising members, and sharing proven strategies for including people with disabilities in the workplace, supply chain and marketplace. We expand opportunities for people with disabilities by helping companies invigorate their disability initiatives, explore best practices, drive cultural transformation and realize positive business outcomes.
Disability:IN Minnesota members are local businesses, organizations, agencies and institutions that see the value in building and integrating disability inclusion into their broader diversity and inclusion goals. They benefit from the program’s local efforts to build a vibrant, collaborative, peer-to-peer network of Minnesota business partners working to expand their organizations’ disability inclusion efforts. Disability:IN Minnesota creates connections to resources, networking opportunities, and programs that equip its business partners to better attract, hire and retain people with disabilities in their workforce.
Dawn Peck
Best Buy
Best Buy chose to become a member of Disability:IN Minnesota because the organization’s values and services align perfectly with the mission statement and aspirations of our disABILITIES ERG – to promote Best Buy as a company that welcomes those with disabilities in its role as employer, retailer and community partner. Already members of the Disability:IN national organization, we strove to better reflect the communities we serve by joining the Minnesota affiliate, which would enable us to be even more effective within the Twin Cities. In our first year as members, we have already immensely enjoyed the benefits of community networking with disability-inclusive organizations and other companies’ Employee Resource Groups, in addition to the monthly member meetings which are both engaging and informative, but also topical. We would highly recommend companies at every stage of their ERG or inclusion journey to leverage the extensive resources and partnership Disability:IN Minnesota provides.