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DiscoverAbility - Disability: Communication Matters
People with a disability or special needs? Mental health illness or disorder? Should you list a disability as a strength or a weakness? Or neither?
Language constantly evolves. Our word choices send conscious and unconscious messages about our culture and ourselves. Explore how our language choices affect how we are viewed in the workplace and how others view us.
Join DiscoverAbility in an honest discussion about the implications of our word choices when speaking of disabilities of your own or others.
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, February 16, 2022
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Please contact Elizabeth Novak @ ElizabethNovak@occ.ca if you require an accommodation. This session will have closed captions and ASL interpretation.
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