Basic Block Hiring™ Podcast

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The Basic Block Hiring™ Podcast is the business conversation for employing individuals with developmental disabilities (IDD). We invite our listeners to join our collaborative discussions with educators, employers, legislators, self-advocates, and community members that dive into the many topics within special education, transition, and employment to acknowledge that there is an economic impact connected to employing and/or not employing Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Special t...

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Episode 2: Picking Up The Conversation

Jul 19th, 2022 4:00 PM

In episode 2, host Gena Sikorsky Mitchell picks up the conversation and begins to explore possible ideas and solutions to consider regarding the business conversation of hiring individuals with developmental disabilities (IDD). She incorporates the premise for what “basic block” means in relation to both special education and employment while examining the duality of an entitlement-based system and a for-profit system/environment.

Episode 1: Introduction

Jul 14th, 2022 3:00 PM

In the Inaugural Episode of the Basic Block Hiring Podcast, host Gena Sikorsky Mitchell, welcomes listeners to the business conversation of hiring individuals with developmental disabilities (IDD). She touches on the fundamental thoughts and ideas such as the economic impact of not hiring IDD, special education as a business plan, paralyzed by individualized, the glass ceiling of awareness & advocacy, dismantling the personalization of IDD, and dismantling the victimization of IDD among others, that set the stage for what listeners can expect to dig into with future guests and episodes.

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