Disability:IN North Carolina is a proud affiliate of Disability:IN, the leading nonprofit resource for disability inclusion worldwide.

Disability:IN has compiled the following resources to support your disability inclusion work during COVID-19.

Please know that more resources will be added as they become available.

Disability:IN includes a network of over 160 corporations devoted to expanding opportunities for people with disabilities across enterprises.

Visit www.disabilityin.org to see the programs and services that are offered nationally and internationally by Disability:IN. Disability:IN North Carolina is one of over 185 Corporate Partners and 30 affiliates that provide a collective voice of positive change for people with disabilities in business. Disability:IN North Carolina provides a collective voice for groups of business leaders, human resource executives, supply chain and other professionals to join forces to increase disability inclusion and equality.

CommunAbility

The Disability:IN North Carolina / CommunAbility mentoring program matches business mentors to students or young adults with disabilities for mentoring sessions that take place throughout their senior year in high school, technical training, college or university.

NC Ready2Hire

NCR2H provides consulting services designed to improve disability hiring and retention and comply with federal regulations. Through our NCR2H program, Disability:IN North Carolina partners with your business to customize a disability inclusion strategy for successful recruitment, selection and hiring practices.

DisabilityIN NC 2020 Wellness@Work

May is Mental Health Awareness Month – Watch DI-NC’s Wellness@Work Virtual Event!!

On May 4^th, Disability:IN NC hosted keynote Dr. Thomas Dooley as he presented insights on the Opioid Crisis and potential solutions, including his own research that led toward an alternative therapy for anxiety disorders. He also discussed the mental health ramifications of the current COVID-19 Crisis. Thanks Cris Rogers for the video.

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Disability:IN North Carolina | Mental Health Wellness@Work

Wellness@Work Will be a Virtual Event to Align with Covid-19 Social Distancing Recommendations

At Disability:IN North Carolina, the unexpected disruption of COVID-19 continues to remind us just how agile and equipped the disability community is when called to quickly adapt to unforeseen obstacles by finding innovative ways to meet the needs of our Business Members/Sponsors and Community Partners.

Please join us on Monday, May 4^th from 9 AM to 11:30 AM for our Wellness@Work virtual event! Registration is now open!! Thank you to MetLife and their Diverse Abilities Network for serving as our host-sponsors for this event. Companies like MetLife understand that our country is experiencing a major crisis in mental health and COVID-19 has only magnified the issue.

Come join businesses that promote workplace wellness and become part of the solution to this crisis.

Wellness@Work Registration is OPEN – REGISTER HERE

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Do You Need A Job?

Welcome to Our Ability Connect the only professional digital resume system for people with disabilities, specifically created to connect businesses with job openings to people with disabilities who are seeking employment.
Join the thousands already building their ‘Our Ability Connect’ profile and enhance how employers can find you. You can search for job openings below without building a profile, however, businesses will not be able to view your profile and contact you without it. Please take the time to set up your login and build your profile.

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