Invisible Disabilities

Discover how to recognize invisible disabilities and provide appropriate and reasonable accommodations.

Created by: Eleventure Team
Higher Learning. @ Work

What Will I Learn?

• Provide appropriate support for disabled colleagues based on the challenges faced in your workplace
• Show empathy when colleagues face challenges in the workplace due to an invisible disability
• Identify support needs that can be associated with different types of neurodivergence
• Implement reasonable accommodations in the workplace to support neurodivergent team members
• Identify support needs that can be associated with different types of physical disability
• Implement reasonable accommodations in the workplace to support physically disabled team members
• Identify support needs that can be associated with different types of mental illness
• Identify signs that a colleague may be experiencing mental illness and provide appropriate support
• Create a work environment where team members openly discuss their support needs
• Use the PAL framework to listen empathetically so the best accommodations can be made

Requirements

• None

Target audience

• Learners who are looking for opportunities to make their workplace more accessible to people with invisible disabilities.