Recognize Barriers
Understand how ableism, stigma, stereotypes, and workplace barriers can affect participation at work.
Disability Confident Ally Training
Become a more Inclusive Coworker
Grow your professional skills with practical strategies for disability inclusion at work. Learn how to recognize accessibility barriers, respond respectfully to access needs, protect privacy, communicate more accessibly, and take practical action as a coworker.
$75 per person Digital Badge Self Paced Approximately 2 Hours
$75 per person Digital Badge
Self Paced Approximately 2 Hours
Why Should You Take This Course?
You don’t need to be a disability expert to be an inclusive coworker. This course helps you build practical skills for everyday workplace situations, whether you’re communicating with a coworker, responding to an access need, participating in meetings, or deciding how to offer support. Through workplace scenarios, reflection questions, and knowledge checks, you’ll learn approaches you can start using right away.
What Will You Learn?
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
Build Psychological Safety
Use communication and everyday behaviours that support trust.
Respect Privacy
Respond appropriately when a coworker shares an access need while respecting disclosure, boundaries, and personal information.
Focus on Participation
Focus on what may be getting in the way of participation instead of medical details.
Communicate Accessibly
Use practical habits that make meetings, written communication, and collaboration easier to participate in.
Take Action
Know how to respond to exclusion, repair mistakes, and apply allyship in everyday situations.
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What Does the Course Cover?
Module 1 — Why Allyship Matters at Work
Explore ableism, stigma, stereotypes, and what it means to be a Disability Confident Ally.
Module 2 — Building Psychological Safety
Learn how communication and everyday behaviours can build trust and make it easier for coworkers to ask for support.
Module 3 — Disclosure and Privacy
Understand disclosure and informing as personal choices and learn how to respond respectfully when someone shares an access need.
Module 4 — Barrier-First Thinking
Learn how to identify what may be limiting participation and use the Ask > Offer > Confirm approach to support coworkers without making assumptions.
Module 5 — Accessible Communication and Collaboration
Develop practical habits for clearer communication, accessible meetings, and inclusive teamwork.
Module 6 — Allyship in Action
Learn how to respond to exclusion or ableist behaviour, repair mistakes, and put your learning into practice.
Is This Course for You?
Disability Confident Ally is designed for anyone who wants to learn how to be a more inclusive coworker.
It can be especially useful for:
- Employees and coworkers at all levels
- Customer-facing employees
- New employees
- Teams building shared disability inclusion skills
- Organizations looking for foundational disability confidence training
You do not need previous disability or accessibility knowledge to take the training.
How Can You Take the Course?
Take It Individually
Complete the course at your own pace and build skills you can use in everyday work.
$75 per person Digital Badge
Your course includes:
- Approximately two hours of self-paced learning
- Six modules
- Workplace scenarios and knowledge checks
- A Disability Confident Ally digital badge after successful completion
Bring It to Your Organization
Give employees a shared foundation in practical disability allyship.
Organizations can purchase the course for multiple learners or host it through their own learning management system.
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Ready to Become a Disability Confident Ally?
Build practical skills you can use to be a more inclusive coworker.