Susanne M. Bruyère is Professor of Disability Studies and Director, K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, Cornell University’s premier research, training, and technical assistance resource focusing on disability inclusion in employment, education, and community. Dr. Bruyère is currently focused on workplace neurodiversity-inclusive policies and practices, working with multi-national companies with proactive hiring initiatives for Autistic persons. She is the author of five books, many scholarly and practitioner articles, and online training programs as well as tools on workplace disability inclusion which are used by private and public sector organizations globally. We explore the disability worker gap and dive into the prospects for workers with disabilities as remote work becomes more common.
Susanne M. Bruyère is Professor of Disability Studies and Director, K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, Cornell University’s premier research, training, and technical assistance resource focusing on disability inclusion in employment, education, and community. Dr. Bruyère is currently focused on workplace neurodiversity-inclusive policies and practices, working with multi-national companies with proactive hiring initiatives for Autistic persons. She is the author of five books, many scholarly and practitioner articles, and online training programs as well as tools on workplace disability inclusion which are used by private and public sector organizations globally. We explore the disability worker gap and dive into the prospects for workers with disabilities as remote work becomes more common.