{"id":2800,"date":"2022-10-01T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T11:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:05:07","slug":"news-case-study-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/news\/news-case-study-template\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s National Disability Employment Awareness Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2800\" class=\"elementor elementor-2800\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a805080 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"a805080\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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elementor-size-default\">It&#8217;s National Disability Employment Awareness Month!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b3f226\" data-id=\"8b3f226\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b903139 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b903139\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5b4e2a4 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/2022\/10\/01\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>October 1, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67bd2d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67bd2d6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7751cf0\" data-id=\"7751cf0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c24d6ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c24d6ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1677074436545-2-1024x768.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2671\" alt=\"A photograph of two men (Steve Mifsud and Raymond Okon) holding coffee mugs together in the Direct Access offices.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1677074436545-2-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1677074436545-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1677074436545-2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1677074436545-2.png 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad37523\" data-id=\"ad37523\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6cca3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6cca3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>National Disability Employment Awareness Month is when we recognize the ingenuity, creativity, and adaptability of disabled individuals within our workplaces. However, in addition to being a celebration of the contributions disabled people make in our lives, it is also a period where discussions about the various social and economic issues our disabled communities face are encouraged, such as the disability employment gap, opportunities for generating greater accessibility within society at large, as well as a more acute focus on the mental health, wellbeing, and general personal experiences of disabled people.<\/p><p>Because disability is nowhere near as niche or uncommon as people might think (over 61 million Americans alone are disabled), it is ultimately a period set out in our calendar where we are encouraged to actively engage with the issues faced by people that are often different from ourselves, and to recognize that people\u2019s experiences of life are all unique.<\/p><p>Developing better work and social environments for disabled people is the foundation of what Direct Access does. Recently, we were honored to be certified as a DOBE organization, as over 51% of our team is disabled and 100% of our internal management team.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Direct Access does not discriminate when choosing new team members, but we cannot deny that we have seen incredibly positive results by putting disabled people at the forefront of what we do. Whether it\u2019s our accessibility consultancy and auditing teams, who have applied their personal experiences of disability when delivering access, going beyond minimums of the ADA guidelines, or team members working on our accessible products division, developing what is probably the most disability-friendly evacuation chair on the market, Direct Access has undoubtedly reaped the rewards that arise when disabled people are offered opportunities that they might not have otherwise received due to the ongoing, unfortunate existence of disability discrimination.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60419b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60419b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b45d5e\" data-id=\"8b45d5e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-819f49f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"819f49f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal simplyweb-checked\">Developing better work and social environments for disabled people is the foundation of what Direct Access does. Recently, we were honored to be certified as a DOBE organization, as over 51% of our team is disabled and 100% of our internal management team.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal simplyweb-checked\"><span class=\"simplyweb-checked\" style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Direct Access does not discriminate when choosing new team members, but we cannot deny that we have seen incredibly positive results by putting disabled people at the forefront of what we do. Whether it\u2019s our accessibility consultancy and auditing teams, who have applied their personal experiences of disability when delivering access, going beyond minimums of the ADA guidelines, or team members working on our accessible products division, developing what is probably the most disability-friendly evacuation chair on the market, Direct Access has undoubtedly reaped the rewards that arise when disabled people are offered opportunities that they might not have otherwise received due to the ongoing, unfortunate existence of disability discrimination.<\/span><\/p><p>It is truly baffling that such negative attitudes still exist, despite the fact that outside our own personal successes, a study released by DOBE itself confirms that disability-owned businesses currently generate 1.26 billion dollars in annual revenues and that as a result of 358-million-dollar wages being paid, the economic impact of being disability-owned creates a 32.4-billion-dollar economic impact.<\/p><p>For Direct Access, nurturing a disabled workforce has helped us to develop trust with the diverse range of public organizations, and private companies, and connect with the local communities that we serve. Without understanding disability on a personal level, our team would not have gained the local and international successes that we have seen.<\/p><p>In fact, organizations (even outside of our field) that do not cater to disabled people specifically are still more than capable of benefitting greatly from disability employment. Not only can disabled people bring unique and useful skill sets such as sign language interpretation to your organization, but disability employment demonstrates to your customers that you represent and serve people from all walks of life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-796ca81\" data-id=\"796ca81\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83b7d0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83b7d0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/316946696_535949428529684_5988721729878979786_n-e1669825439139-1024x663.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2834\" alt=\"A group photo of the full Direct Access Team at the grand opening of the office. A yellow banner ready to be cut is stretched across the door.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/316946696_535949428529684_5988721729878979786_n-e1669825439139-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/316946696_535949428529684_5988721729878979786_n-e1669825439139-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/316946696_535949428529684_5988721729878979786_n-e1669825439139-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/316946696_535949428529684_5988721729878979786_n-e1669825439139-1536x995.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/316946696_535949428529684_5988721729878979786_n-e1669825439139.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-def7338 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"def7338\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d89fd5\" data-id=\"8d89fd5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bcecc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bcecc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Multiple studies have reported, conclusively, that between 75% and 85% of consumers are most likely to engage with brands that align with their own personal values, which is particularly true of millennials, who are the newest generation of working people and consumers.<\/p><p>In this way, National Disability Awareness Month should be celebrated not just as an opportunity to acknowledge achievements made by disabled people but should also be a time we reflect on how to tap into a growing talent pool of disabled people (who, by the way, also happen to boast an enormous spending power).<\/p><p>Furthermore, as well as supporting companies that align with their values financially, millennials also prefer to work for organizations that stand for similar issues. If your organization is seen to be inclusive, it is much more likely that you will not only have the capacity to support disabled young people into work (and believe us, accommodating disabled people is nowhere near as expensive as you might expect- in fact, it\u2019s a complete myth) but they will actively want involvement in what you do.<\/p><p>An example of this includes Direct Access\u2019 own Marketing Executive, Michael (pictured), who joined the firm two years ago. He is an autistic person, and therefore came with his own set of personal requirements \u2013 such as the ability to work remotely, and extra time processing instructions \u2013 but that support, which was minor in comparison to the skills he brought to us, has resulted in his continued professional development and great success within our business.<\/p><p>Headshot of Direct Access Marketing Executive Michael Miller taking a selfie in a field with trees and a stone wall in the background<\/p><p>Michael states \u201cWhen I joined Direct Access during the COVID pandemic, I was fresh out of university and didn\u2019t know what to expect. Even though I was assured that I was more than qualified, I felt a bit of impostor syndrome for a while because of the transition from education to the work environment. But my experience of being part of this team was never less than great. Direct Access has continued to be mindful of my disability and has allowed me the time to grow, and working for them is honestly something I\u2019m really proud of\u201d.<\/p><p>Bradley Lomas, Direct Access\u2019 newest young recruit, states \u201cI\u2019ve only recently joined the company, but being given the opportunity to do graphic design for Direct Access has been amazing. The team I work with is supportive, the work environment has been extremely welcoming, and most importantly, the fact they truly believe in their mission to make the world a better place for people with disabilities is inspiring. As someone with a visual impairment, I do wonder whether I would have had a similar opportunity without Direct Access, but I\u2019m glad they\u2019ve taken that chance on me\u201d.<\/p><p>Access Consultant Jamie Rhys-Martin, who also joined the Direct Access team this year, had this to say; \u201cAs a disabled person myself it has been a refreshing change to work for a company where accessibility is considered from the start. It is not an afterthought as it can be elsewhere \u2013 instead, everyone is included from the beginning with no requirement being a step too far. Daily interaction with my colleagues is convenient and relaxing with so much of the stress of \u201cwill there\u2026won\u2019t there\u2026\u201d removed. Everyone accepts and is understanding of each other\u2019s support needs. With Direct Access being a hugely successful company that is very much in demand, it shows disability is no barrier to providing high-quality services. 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