Face co-workers' fears with education
This is true for management as well. Due to our limited experience, personally and professionally, with many people with a variety of disabilities, our workforce had fears and stereotypes about people with disabilities in our workplace. These fears were based on portrayals of people with disabilities in the media as well as personal experiences that were not always positive or that demonstrated abilities in the workplace. Through training and experiential opportunities, we were shown people with disabilities being successful in highly competitive environments breaking all stereotypes we held. Without facing these fears, our management and workforce would not have had faith in this new labor pools’ capabilities.
