Jill Houghton, President and CEO of Disability:IN

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Patricia O’Connell interviews Jill Houghton, President and CEO of Disability:IN. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Patricia and Jill discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the variety of Disability:IN programs promoting inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in to learn what your company can do to accommodate your employees with disabilities and serve your customers who have disabilities.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /> <br /></span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></span></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[:26] Patricia O’Connell welcomes Jill Houghton to CEO Stories on</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">This is Capitalism.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[:57] Disability:IN is a global nonprofit that empowers businesses to achieve disability inclusion and equality. The organization grew out of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[1:16] The primary sponsor of the ADA was Congressman Tony Coelho. He recognized that the ADA could not legislate attitudes, but businesses have the power to employ and shape our workforce.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[1:37] Disability:IN is the place where talent with disabilities and business intersect. Businesses respond to their professional peers. When they know that disability inclusion makes good business sense, they’re very responsive and competitive.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[2:10] Disability:IN partnered with the American Association of People with Disabilities. They created a benchmarking tool called the Disability Equality Index to help businesses take a deeper dive into their policies and practices and identify opportunities where they could be better.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[2:42] The Disability Equality Inde