WORKING WITH CUSTOMERS WITH DISABILITIES

DISABILITY AWARENESS

Pick a Disability

Pick a Disability -- Objectives

Empathy Module

Objectives

About Ed

What are Workplace Supports?

Tasks Performed by a Workplace PA

Serving Customers with Disabilities

History of the Disability Rights Movement

Why Should One-stops Serve Customers with Disabilities?

One-stop Staff Should Use
People First Language

Common Sense Approaches to
Working with Customers with
Disabilities

Accommodating Customers’ Needs

Some Simple Accommodations

Relating to Customers with Disabilities

Customer-Driven Services

Customer-Driven
Services

Values and Customer-
Driven Services

Tips For Interviewing
Customers

Tips For Interviewing
Customers

In Summary


Hidden disabilities
A hidden disability is a disability that is not easily observed.

Hidden disabilities may include:

You may encounter in your organization any or all hidden disabilities


 

Basic Etiquette: People With Cognitive Disabilities

People with Cognitive Disabilities


Hidden Disabilities: Learning Disabilities


Learning disabilities can be a result of:

Learning disabilities may occur in the following areas:

Learning disabilities (cont.)

Learning Disabilities: Characteristics

Guidelines For Working With Individuals With Learning Disabilities



MENTAL ILLNESS

The term “mental illness” encompasses numerous psychiatric disorders, and can vary in severity.

Behaviors may include, but are not limited to:



Basic Etiquette

Do not assume:

Working with Persons who are Blind or Vision Impaired

Statistics on Blindness

What is legal blindness?

Types of Vision

Common Causes of Blindness

Sighted Guide Techniques

Other Common Courtesies when Encountering Someone with a Visual Impairment

Tips for Communicating
with Deaf People

"More than 22 Million Deaf..."

One - to - One

"Do not place anything in..."

"Use pantomime,"

At An Interview

"Provide company literature for the..."

"Inform your receptionist or secretary..."

Working in a Group

"Ask the deaf person to..."

"Avoid unnecessary pacing and speaking"

"If using an interpreter,"

On the Job

"Consider the deaf person’s sensitivity..."

"Use signaling devices if a..."

"Communicate information directly to deaf..."

Practicing What You
Have Learned

RESOURCES

RESOURCES

RESOURCES

INTERVIEW ACTIVITY!