{"id":9316,"date":"2022-09-13T08:24:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/?p=9316"},"modified":"2022-09-13T08:24:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:24:47","slug":"ubcs-centre-for-workplace-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/ubcs-centre-for-workplace-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"UBC&#8217;s Centre for Workplace Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/files\/2022\/09\/52240657841_d6341a0198_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/files\/2022\/09\/52240657841_d6341a0198_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/files\/2022\/09\/52240657841_d6341a0198_c-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/files\/2022\/09\/52240657841_d6341a0198_c-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption>Source: UBC Brand &amp; Marketing Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did you know that nearly 1 million British Columbians aged 15 to 64 years, almost 25% of the population, identify as having a disability? We also know that due to stigma, many individuals do not self-identify despite having conditions that affect their ability to integrate and thrive within the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UBC&#8217;s new <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.ubc.ca\/health-and-wellbeing\/working-injury-illness-or-disability\/centre-workplace-accessibility\" target=\"_blank\">Centre for Workplace Accessibility (CWA) <\/a>is a hub for staff that supports you with accessing resources, tools and programs to help remove barriers for staff with disabilities or ongoing medical conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the launch of the CWA, there is also a fund available to support units with the accommodations that may have a cost, such as specialized services, software, equipment or specialized furniture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more details, check out the website here: <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.ubc.ca\/health-and-wellbeing\/working-injury-illness-or-disability\/centre-workplace-accessibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hr.ubc.ca\/health-and-wellbeing\/working-injury-illness-or-disability\/centre-workplace-accessibility <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Did you know that nearly 1 million British Columbians aged 15 to 64 years, almost 25% of the population, identify&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[881221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-es"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9316"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9324,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9316\/revisions\/9324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/esnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}