Requesting Accommodations Self-Advocacy in the Workplace
This course empowers individuals with disabilities to confidently navigate the workplace by understanding their rights and learning how to request reasonable accommodations.
Participants will explore real-world strategies for self-advocacy, effective communication with employers, and building inclusive professional relationships.
Through guided activities and practical tools, learners will gain the confidence to articulate their needs, recognize their value, and advocate for the support that helps them succeed. Ideal for job seekers, employees, and professionals navigating new or existing roles, this course provides a foundation for thriving, not just surviving in the workplace.
Participants will explore real-world strategies for self-advocacy, effective communication with employers, and building inclusive professional relationships.
Through guided activities and practical tools, learners will gain the confidence to articulate their needs, recognize their value, and advocate for the support that helps them succeed. Ideal for job seekers, employees, and professionals navigating new or existing roles, this course provides a foundation for thriving, not just surviving in the workplace.
What's included?
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7 Chapters
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1 Certification
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1 Quiz
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4 Videos
Broaden your understanding.
This course, led by our content creators’ experiences and expertise, explores the multifaceted nature of disability, its impact on individuals and communities, and strategies for fostering inclusion.
An environment which encourages creativity
Provides learners with actionable tools and practical information to understand disability, challenge ableism, and create more inclusive environments. With strategies for advocacy and allyship, participants are empowered to make meaningful change in their communities.
Nicholas Manley
Joining PYD in 2023, Nick Manley is a Sr-level educational technology professional with 10+ yrs. experience in end-to-end digital strategy and delivery. With a passion for education, he has co-founded online schools in the US and Singapore and has been a professor of Media Production for 10 years teaching at Harvard, Emerson College and Texas A&M. He has an MFA in Media Arts from Emerson College.
With instructional experience at every level and as a lecturer at Harvard’s Department of Continuing Education, Nick Manley has a proven track record in instructional design, leadership, and course execution for all learner types. He has received letters of commendation and multiple awards for his courses and community engagement.
Nick has extensive experience in synchronous & asynchronous curriculum design and management, online course development, universal design for learning (UDL), and utilizing emerging educational technologies in Europe, the US and Asia.
With instructional experience at every level and as a lecturer at Harvard’s Department of Continuing Education, Nick Manley has a proven track record in instructional design, leadership, and course execution for all learner types. He has received letters of commendation and multiple awards for his courses and community engagement.
Nick has extensive experience in synchronous & asynchronous curriculum design and management, online course development, universal design for learning (UDL), and utilizing emerging educational technologies in Europe, the US and Asia.
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“Working with our content creators has opened my eyes to so much that we can be doing.”
Nicholas Manley M.F.A.
Director of Online Learning, PYD