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Behind Gold Doors-Seven Steps to Create a Disability Inclusive Organization: An Allegory about Disability Inclusion (The Behind Gold Doors Series) Kindle Edition

by Lonnie Pacelli (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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15 million working age Americans have a disability. Only 4 million have jobs. Learn the 7 steps to create a workplace where people with disabilities can thrive.

Jade was asked by her new boss to spearhead her organization's disability inclusion initiative. On her way home that evening she was in a horrific accident. While unconscious, she met 7 people who taught her how to create a disability inclusive organization. She had no idea how personal those lessons would be to her after she woke.

Behind Gold Doors-Seven Steps to Create a Disability Inclusive Organization is a great resource for anyone needing to create a disability inclusive organization. It's most helpful for Senior Leaders Executives Project Managers Program Managers Human Resources Managers Diversity Leaders Inclusion Leaders HR Professionals
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Did you know

26 percent of Americans have a disability

15 million working age Americans have a disability Only 4 million have jobs

Turnover of employees with a disability is 48 percent less than those without

59 percent of accommodations for persons with a disability cost nothing to make

The disability inclusion benefits are real Whats holding you back

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Author Lonnie Pacelli combines over three decades of leadership, project management, and organizational transformation expertise with his passion for disability inclusion in this unique allegory on how to create a disability inclusive organization. While Jade's story is fictional, the message is very real. There is outstanding value to be had in embracing disability inclusion in an organization's broader diversity and inclusion initiative.
See what reviewers are saying about Behind Gold Doors-Seven Steps to Create a Disability Inclusive Organization:
  • "Great stuff; it's really going to help move the disability inclusion needle in a big way!"
  • "DiChampion.com is an amazing parallel resource to guide disability inclusion initiatives."
  • "Lonnie's best book to date."
  • "Clever how disability facts and statistics were creatively weaved into the story to lend credibility to the book."
  • "The seven steps were orderly, understandable, and well categorized."
  • "Engaging and interesting. Kept me wanting to read through to the conclusion to know what happened to Jade. I actually got emotional toward the end!"

From the Author

Our son Trevor was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified, a high-functioning classification of autism, at age 5. The only exposure we had to autism at the time was Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie Rainman. We had no idea what his future would look like, whether he'd be able to drive, graduate school,live on his own, or support himself. Today he is a grown adult, having graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Film and Media Studies. He lives on his own, works, manages his own money, and does most anything someone of his age would do.

It wasn't easy, but the experience was priceless.

In the process of helping Trevor grow and cope with the challenges autism brings, he changed me.He changed my perceptions of the disability community. He opened my eyes to looking at disabilities not about what someone can't do, but what they can do. I learned to never underestimate what Trevor could or would accomplish. He helped me tore-align my priorities to focus more on my family and less on my career. The journey hasn't been without its bumps, but I am a better person because of what I learned from my son.

I decided to join the board of directors at Northwest Center, a Seattle-based non-profit with the mission To promote the growth, development and independence of people with disabilities through programs of therapy, education and work opportunity. After serving on the board for several years I decided I needed to do more to help increase awareness of disability inclusion and provide a framework for organizations wanting to be more disability inclusive but not knowing where to start. That's where Behind Gold Doors-Seven Steps to Create a Disability Inclusive Organization enters the picture. This book is about Jade, a successful software engineer whose vice president asks her to lead a disability inclusion initiative in her organization. While riding home from work that evening, Jade is knocked unconscious from a terrible accident. In a dream while unconscious she meets seven people, each with a disability, who discuss with Jade their specific disability as well as talk about one of the seven steps to create a disability inclusive organization.

Each of the seven people with a disability in the book is based upon someone I interviewed or knew intimately who has that disability. In each of my characters I included actual events and quotes recorded in the interviews. One character is particularly meaningful tome. Her name is Lori, who had a ruptured brain aneurysm which left her with balance and short-term memory deficits. This is the true story of my sister, Lori Quaranta, who suffered the brain aneurysm in 1988, one week before my wife Patty's and my wedding. Lori was given a 10% chance of survival. She ended up not just surviving but thriving until cancer claimed her life in 2012. I watched her not just recover but reinvent herself into a web developer in the last 24 years of her life. Truly an inspiration.

I so enjoyed writing Behind Gold Doors-Seven Steps to Create a Disability Inclusive Organization and hope there is something in the book you are able to take away to help increase your awareness of disabilities and promote disability inclusion in your organization.

Best -
Lonnie

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B089NHM7XT
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pacelli Publishing (August 21, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 21, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2927 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 89 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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Lonnie Pacelli

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Lonnie Pacelli is the author of over 50 books on project management, leadership development, disability inclusion, and autism awareness. He lives in Bellevue Washington with his wife Patty who both enjoy spending time with their kids, granddaughter, and grand-dogs.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The importance of inclusion
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2021
This book has great resources and insight on all the reasons inclusion in the workplace is not only important, but beneficial. There were a lot of facts and statistics that I wasn’t aware of and the interesting characters were so charming and relatable. A great resource for new businesses and old.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful & Motivational with a Ready-to-use Roadmap for Businesses
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2020
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Lonnie Pacelli has offered up not only a creative, engaging story from various disabled persons' perspectives, but also an actionable, comprehensive framework for any firm, large or small, thinking about integrating a Disability Inclusion program. The business professional who would like to explore how to begin such a journey would do well to start here, at Lonnie's trailhead.
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