Disability Awareness Certification
Creating an inclusive workplace is essential for modern businesses. Our disability awareness training provides the knowledge and skills needed to achieve this important goal. People with disabilities represent a large, often overlooked talent pool. However, discrimination, misconceptions, and unnecessary barriers still prevent many from accessing equal opportunities. Therefore, this course raises awareness, challenges stereotypes, and encourages both employers and employees to build supportive, accessible, and fair working environments.
The training explores the challenges people with disabilities face during recruitment, hiring, and career progression. In addition, it highlights the benefits organisations gain by embracing diversity and inclusion. For example, companies that adopt fair hiring practices often see improved morale, stronger retention, and higher levels of innovation. You will also learn about the role of HR in promoting inclusive recruitment practices and ensuring equal access for applicants.
The course also provides practical guidance on interviewing techniques, disability etiquette, and workplace adaptations. These adjustments, although often small, can have a significant positive impact on an individual’s ability to thrive.
By completing this training, you will understand not only the barriers disabled people encounter but also how to remove them effectively.
Employers gain valuable insight into their legal and ethical responsibilities, while employees develop awareness, empathy, and confidence when working alongside colleagues with disabilities. As a result, the workplace becomes safer, fairer, and more productive for everyone.
Our disability awareness training covers:
- The reasons for high unemployment rates among people with disabilities
- The role of HR in recruitment and inclusion
- Strategies to increase access for applicants with disabilities
- Interview techniques and fair hiring practices
- Disability etiquette and respectful workplace communication
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Duration 3 hours
Modules 5
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Course FAQ
Who can take the Disability Awareness Certification course?
There are no entry requirements to take the course.
What is the structure of the course?
The course is broken down into 5 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although students are free to spend as much or as little time as they feel necessary on each module.
Where / when can the course be studied?
The course can be studied study at any time and from any internet connected device
Is there a test at the end of the course?
Once you have completed all 5 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 5 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.
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