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Needs of Learning Disabled Ignored in Workplace Training, Reports The Krysalis Group
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NEW YORK, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Employees with learning disabilities
conceal their disability out of embarrassment or for fear that revealing it
will ruin their careers, according to a workplace consulting firm.
The Krysalis Group, based in New York City, offers a variety of consulting
services to businesses. One of its specialties is developing training to
accommodate workers with learning disabilities.
"The most common issue is that training is done one way without the
awareness or sensitivity that these people are in the organization," says
Donna Flagg of The Krysalis Group. "Workplaces are not addressing the need
because they don't know it exists."
Flagg began her career at Chanel and also worked for Goldman Sachs before
starting The Krysalis Group. Because she has a learning disability herself,
she understands first-hand the challenges workers with learning disabilities
face and how to deal with them.
She succeeded in the corporate world despite her learning disability
because she figured out a way to get things done.
But, she concedes, it would've been a lot easier had the corporate world
understood the way she "sees" things.
"Even though businesses expend massive efforts and resources on bringing
diversity to the company," says Flagg, "they are failing to look at how to
maximize the diversity among and between people who are already there."
One in five people in the U.S. have a learning disability, according to
the U.S. Dept. of Education. But experts say many people go undiagnosed or
don't disclose it. Some believe that up to half of the U.S. workforce may
have a learning disability.
Instead of ignoring the issue, Flagg says by addressing it employers can
create inclusion, experience higher returns on training programs and increase
productivity.
"It's kind of a neat way to bring people together," says Flagg. "The win-
win here is that it goes not only to the heart of organizational diversity,
but productivity as well."
Flagg says she helps companies create or adapt their training programs to
maximize cognitive diversity and address the needs of all workers.
"We know it's not about how people learn because everyone learns
differently learning disability or not," says Flagg, "It goes beyond learning
styles. It's about how people see, think, process and interpret information."
About The Krysalis Group: Based in New York City, The Krysalis Group is a
consulting firm founded in 2001 specializing in workplace learning,
organizational productivity, and its relationship to improving business
results. Krysalis delivers programs and strategic solutions that drive
employee performance, product performance and business growth.
SOURCE The Krysalis Group
CONTACT: Donna Flagg of The Krysalis Group, +1-212-925-2934, donna@krysalis.com
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