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Reasonable Adjustments in the Workplace
If you need modifications or adjustments to your workplace to accommodate your disability so you can work at your best, you can ask your employer to make changes around your office and general work area.
Author: Disability Support Guide
Employment Assistance Fund (EAF)
The EAF gives financial help to eligible people with disability and mental health conditions and employers to buy work related modifications, equipment, Auslan services and workplace assistance and support services
Author: Job Access – Australian Government
Work Assist
Work Assist can help you stay in work if you risk losing your job through illness, injury or disability. It can help to: redesign your job so you can keep working, change your workplace so you can continue to work, get specialised equipment to help you do your job.
Author: Services Australia
How to Make Workplaces More Inclusive For People with Invisible Disabilities
To understand the needs of people with long-term invisible disabilities, a seven-year study across Europe and the U.S. with 58 professionals with invisible disabilities and 19 HR professionals to gain insights into the feasibility and challenges of implementing some of the recommendations that emerged through the survey.
Author: Harvard Business Review
The Key to Inclusive Leadership
This article describes organisational practices that can help leaders become more inclusive and enhance the performance of their teams.
Author: Harvard Business Review
Creating an accessible and inclusive workplace
Employment plays a central role in improving the economic, social and personal wellbeing of Australians with disability. These resources are designed to support employers who want to create meaningful employment opportunities for people with disability.
Author: Australian Human Rights Commission
Better mental health in the workplace
These free online resources have been developed to increase understanding of mental health in the workplace and provide practical strategies to support you. Each resource takes up to 20 minutes to complete and can be used on desktop computers, laptops, and tablets.
Author: Beyond Blue
Jake Briggs story – retraining after disability
After an accident, carpenter Jake Briggs retrained with the support of his employer to create a new role and maintain a career.
Source : Australian Human Rights Commission
Inclusion and diversity in the workplace
This resource promotes and supports inclusion and diversity in the workplace, across all sectors and intersectionality.
Author: Queensland Government
Disability Action Plan Template
This document provides an outline to help you create an action plan for your organisation. It is intended for you to adapt to the context of your own organisation. Some of the sections may not be applicable or you may wish to include extra sections.
Author: Volunteering Alive