A study of various models of Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities at workplace by Enable India

Diversity and inclusion as a function in an organisation has evolved more than a decade worldwide. In Indian context there are several organisations, especially in the IT and ITES industry has adopted diversity and inclusion as a policy. There are various domains based on which diversity is maintained such as on the basis of gender, education, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical ability etc. Among these domains, accepting employees with disability background has been adopted by few organisations in last decade. Although it is not popular to employ persons with disabilities at workplace in India due to several constraints, yet some of them have realized the potential in these persons with disability contributing significantly not only in the support functions but also in the mainstream roles. This initiative has been made possible with the assistance of supported employment agencies. One of those supported employment agencies is Enable India which helps the organisations to understand the suitability of the respective type of disability to the specific jobs which they can perform, thereby train them to make them employable. This research paper aims to understand the various ways by which Enable India transforms the persons with disability to employees with disability. It covers various models which Enable India constitutes for inclusion of persons with disability at workplace. An exploratory research design has been adopted to analyze various the models in depth through collection of secondary data from various web portals and reports. Qualitative approach has been adopted in analysis and interpretation of the data. Overall the research paper gives us an insight about the innovative ways that Enable India has implemented towards inclusion of persons with disabilities at workplace.