Women represent just over a quarter of tech roles. In 2026, companies that invest in skills based growth pathways will build stronger and more resilient teams.
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Women represent just over a quarter of tech roles. In 2026, companies that invest in skills based growth pathways will build stronger and more resilient teams.
#WomenInTech #TechDiversity #DEI2026 #WorkplaceInclusion #TalentStrategy
Learn how power dynamics, bias and culture perpetuate microaggressions in diverse workplaces and explore actionable strategies to build equity and respect today
Professionals Who Care | 1,090 followers on LinkedIn. An inclusive workplace for every professional who is also a caregiver. | There are approximately 43.5 million caregivers in the USA, but their unique strengths and needs are ignored in the workplace. It is a silent crisis. Professionals Who Care believes that the the workplace must be inclusive for caregivers for the disabled, injured, sick, and elderly.
Companies are increasingly strategizing on how to reduce all kinds of bias in the workplace, including those related to disabled people. Despite empirical evidence to the contrary, perceptions remain that disabled employees are less competent, less productive, require more supervision, and are more expensive and more dependent, which results in lower levels of both employment and promotion.
However, disabilities are not a single entity, nor is the bias uniform across people or situations. For example, research suggests that disabilities categorized as “invisible” (including psychological and neurological) encounter more stigma than “visible” disabilities (such as amputations and paralysis). Although there has been a growing awareness and conscious effort to destigmatize mental health disabilities in recent years, tremendous bias still exists with consequences for employment, income, and levels of stress. In addition, research suggests that disabled women face even harsher penalties.
While disability studies often focus on bias at the level of employment or promotion decisions, the lived experiences of disabled employees also involve biases on the job. One context in which this can unfold is in professional negotiations.
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The prototypical image of a successful negotiator is someone who is competent, confident, and in control — characteristics that are not always readily applied to disabled people. Two researchers wanted to understand if disabled people are more stigmatized in an intense job task, such as a potentially contentious, price-based negotiation. And if so, is this stigma more pronounced for women and/or those with an invisible disability? They had 2,000 people complete an online experiment where they read a transcript of a negotiation involving an employee named “Alex,” who they rated on integrity and competence. The experiment varied the presentation of Alex as a male or female, as well as with no disability, a visible disability (seated in a wheelchair), an invisible disability (described as episodic epilepsy), or an invisible disability (described as bipolar disorder). They found that those who saw Alex as male with a visible disability rated him as having more integrity and competence than any of the other versions — an effect that disappeared when Alex was a woman. When Alex was described as living with bipolar disorder, the male version was seen to have less integrity, while the female version was perceived as both having less integrity and seeming less competent. Their results speak to the extra burden of discrimination faced by those with mental health disabilities, especially for women who seem to face the “double bind” of the intersection of stigmatized categories.
@meganL I'm glad we are openly discussing #ableism in #workplaces & how it affects #PeopleWithDisabilities here though! We can't get more progressive changes if people aren't aware of the challenges & #discrimination #disabled people experience in many different workplaces.
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Autistics Say It Straight I: What I NEED to Collaborate with You
Helps Us Navigate Workplace Chaos Using Our Neurodivergent Strengths
Struggling with sensory overload at work? Discover what autistic professionals need for a supportive environment. Let's make workplaces inclusive!
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