Most HR leaders and employers think ableism is about physical things, like whether your building has a ramp. But for many disabled workers, the real barriers are invisible—and often unspoken.

Ableism isn’t always aggressive or obvious. In fact, it’s usually the quiet stuff: the meeting without captions, the candidate dismissed as “not the right fit,” the office that’s never had to “deal with that before.” It’s apathy. And apathy, especially in a workplace context, causes real harm.Continue Reading From Shrug to Strategy: Tackling Ableism at Work