Disability Matters is one of the most important Corporate Awards Banquet and Conference in Europe. The highly coveted awards are given to Corporations that are leading the way in terms of supporting people who either have a disability or who have a child or other dependent with special needs in the workplace though diversity, work life and/or human resource initiatives and in marketing to this segment of the population in the consumer space. The conference features experts from corporations, academia, government and the national non-profit sector who share best practices relative to internally supporting and externally marketing to this large, loyal segment of the population.

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Springboard Consulting annually honors exemplary organizational initiatives that promote the outreach, support & engagement of people with disabilities as employees and as consumers though the Disability Matters Awards. These award winning initiatives are publicly celebrated at the Disability Matters Awards Dinner.

Disability Matters Award winners share their best practice initiatives and learnings along the way at the Disability Matters Conference. Their presentations, along with those of our keynotes and other professionals, serve as tools for others to utilize within their own organizations.

Springboard is honored to be associated with organizations whose innovative and pioneering initiatives have proven so powerful in changing their organizations perspective about people with disabilities and their families both as employees and as consumers and realizing that doing so is not just a strategic advantage, it’s a business imperative. We look forward to a long future of progress and success, and we encourage you to consider your own organization’s efforts for building a better workforce, workplace and marketplace for people with disabilities and their families.

At the Disability Matters Conference, over approximately one-hundred fifty attendees, all of whom are like-minded professionals with a passion and dedication to appropriately and successfully support and engage people with disabilities as employees and consumers.

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Award Methodology & Descriptions

With 2012 being the inaugural year for Disability Matters Europe; should you wish to learn more about the history of Disability Matters U.S., click here >>