We've had a great response to our survey for people with disabilities regarding employment, but we can always use more responses!

If you identify as being a person with a disability, or have a disability-related barrier to employment, you are invited to take part in a survey to help shape our Disability Awareness Training Program for Employers!

The (roughly) 20 question, anonymous survey can be found here: https://forms.gle/65HNxPZvQ6bFzzsW7 and the feedback from it will greatly help us develop our program.

Additional information about the survey and training program follows (warning - it's a long post):

The Disability Awareness Training Project, being developed by the Victoria Disability Resource Centre with funding granted by Disability Alliance BC, involves the development of a curriculum for employers to increase their awareness of and comfort level with addressing disability issues. This will allow employers to better support people with disabilities throughout all stages of the employment process: from advertising to hiring and beyond. The primary goal is to aid in the removal of barriers that prevent people with disabilities from becoming employed.

The goal of the survey is to further develop our program materials and ensure that it is relevant to you and your group or community.

We want to make sure we're addressing the issues that matter to you. Everyone is an 'expert' in terms of their own lived experiences, and your knowledge helps us answer our questions and make a better-rounded curriculum.

This survey is for persons with disabilities, as the questions relate to their perspectives with the employment process. Having a care giver/worker fill out the survey on your behalf with your input is also perfectly acceptable. All opinions from all employment statuses (employed, unemployed, never had paid employment) are welcomed. We're looking to get as much of a cross-disability perspective as we can, and ANY disability perspective is valid. Physical, intellectual or learning, mental health, neurological, Autism Spectrum Disorder, visual, hearing, speech, episodic disabilities, etc. We want to make sure your voice is getting heard!

Your survey results will be kept confidential. The survey should take you about 15 - 20 minutes to complete.

If you have any questions or concerns about this survey, require this survey in an alternative format, or have questions about the Disability Awareness Training Program in general please contact us at trainer@drcvictoria.com or 250-595-0044 ext 116 .

We also have a survey for the same program that is geared towards Employers (i.e. any person or organization that employs people or is involved with the employment process) that can be accessed by contacting us at trainer@drcvictoria.com or 250-595-0044 ext 116. ... See more