#20 Dismissed for having a disability during Covid Lockdown !!

07/30/22 • 44 min

Let's talk about inclusion, let's talk about disability.
Ali Hemsley thought she was working for a business that valued inclusion and that cared about staff with a disability. Unfortunately for Ali, the business didn't value inclusion and didn't value her and her disability.
She shares how she took her employer to caught on her own - and won. But that was just the start - even though the business are still publicly saying that it's an inclusive environment.
Ali also talks about her trip to watch the Lionesses at the Euro's and a huge own goal off the pitch, and a red card to disabled supporters. (Let's hope VAR intervenes with this one).
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#19 SEND Warrior Mum vs MP

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Marie Martin, aka SEND Warrior Mum making a difference; as she is known to her twitter followers joins me with her son Zak.
Zak is an autistic teenager, with a passion for smart motorways and power stations amongst other things. He has been fortunate to have gained some hands on work experience on the smart motorways and is hoping to gain some working with power stations in the future.
Marie has faced many battles over EHC plans, SEND, local government and even MP Will Quince. Zak has certainly inherited his Mums fighting spirit and he wants to see change !!
Co hosting this episode with me is Alastair Swindlehurst, from EZHR. Alastair is an excellent HR consultant supporting many businesses to get to the right outcome, in the right way quickly.
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In this episode we are joined by Giselle Mota who is leading the way with accessibility in the metaverse and web 3. NFTY Collective have designed inclusive avatars of many disabled people including friends of the show Isaac Harvey and Victoria Jenkins.
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Giselle talks through her unique way of ensuring that hidden disabilities are included as much as those with physical disabilities. She is keen to be as diverse as possible with her collection.
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The All 4 Inclusion Pod - #20 Dismissed for having a disability during Covid Lockdown !!

Transcript

Scott Whitney00:00:47.109

Hello, and welcome to the next episode of the All 4 Inclusion pod. Thank you very much for joining us again. Today with me, I've got someone called Ali Hensley. Ali, thank you very much for joining us.

Ali Hemsley00:01:01.748

It is my pleasure. I'm so excited.

Scott Whitney00:01:04.329

Excellent. So it's a couple of things that I'd like to speak to you about today. But I guess, r