Posts by Ekamjit Ghuman

A young man with Down Syndrome presenting a business project to his team in a boardroom. He is wearing a flannel shirt and reading off of a laptop in front of him.

2024 International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Encouraging employees with disabilities to occupy leadership roles

December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The observance of this significant day was proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities strives to: The International Day of Persons with Disabilities theme for this year focuses on increasing the… Read More

Headshot for Ekamjit Ghuman. Ekamjit is a posign in front of her mobility device. She wears a grey cableknit sweater

Accommodating employees with speech, language, and communication disabilities

More than 440,000 Canadians have a speech, language, and communication disability that is not the result of significant hearing loss. These speech, language, and communication disabilities can result from many different medical conditions, disorders and disabilities such as apraxia of speech, autism, cerebral palsy, dysarthria, stroke, stuttering and traumatic brain… Read More