Disability in the Workplace Panel at UC Berkeley

Last week, TheCIL presented a panel at the UC Berkeley Career Center, discussing how a disability can be considered an asset in the workplace. Panelists included diversity officers, hiring managers, disability activists, and people with disabilities with competitive employment.

Thanks to the Cal Career Center and Ricardo Flores for hosting this great discussion that allowed the audience to respond to questions in real time using their smart phones.

Panelists look at audience responses on the screen

Host Ricardo Flores talks to the audience

Panelists:

Shayna Steinfeld, Technical Recruiter, Pinterest

Sunday Parker, Accessibility Evangelist, User Experience, Salesforce

Josh Halstead, Senior Designer/Educator

Stuart, Executive Director, TheCIL

Will Butler, VP of Community, Be My Eyes

Cynthia Le, University Recruiting Campus Manager, NVIDIA

Panelist Stuart James speaks to the audience

Panelist Josh Halstead speaks to the audience

The panels share a laugh

Panel discussion topics will included why companies are seeking to hire individuals with disabilities, how having a disability can be an advantage in the workplace, personal experience with hiring employees with disabilities as well as experiences being a person with a disability seeking and obtaining competitive employment.

This panel was a collaboration between The Center for Independent Living, Inc (TheCIL), UC Berkeley and local business leaders with disabilities that discusses how a disability can be considered an asset in the workplace.