Worksite wellness programs have become a key component of our nation’s fight against obesity, chronic disease and the rising cost of health care. There is a great deal of diversity within the workforce and it is important to consider how worksite wellness programs can benefit all employees. Employees with disabilities are often overlooked in the workforce, yet can benefit greatly from worksite wellness programs. This set of tools provides a comprehensive examination of worksite wellness and offers tips, strategies and resources to ensure that your worksite wellness program is inclusive of people with disabilities.

Inclusive Worksite Wellness Guide - This guide provides a comprehensive examination of worksite wellness and offers tips, strategies, and resources to ensure that worksite wellness programs are inclusive of people with disabilities.

Access the digital guide: https://bit.ly/35pEOvF

Inclusive Worksite Wellness Marketing Guide and Wellness Wednesday Series - The “Inclusive Wellness Wednesday Series” provides 15 sample messages that can be used to share disability inclusive wellness strategies.  Each message includes introductory text that can be shared through email, on a webpage, social media or as an employee mailbox stuffer.  Also included are shareable graphics and office activation ideas.

Access the digital guide: https://bit.ly/35pcjOF

Download sharable graphics: https://bit.ly/3ww3BKp

(New!) Inclusive Worksite Wellness E-Learning Course - This training provides users with a background of why worksite wellness programs are important to the workplace, and why having inclusive worksite wellness programs can benefit all employees. This training, complete with knowledge checks, addresses reasonable accommodations, gives an overview of disability education, lays out what employers are required to do in accordance with the law, and gives strategies for going beyond what is required to provide employees with a comprehensive, inclusive worksite wellness program.

Access the on-demand training: https://elearn.nchpad.org/course/index.php?categoryid=13

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Check out some other related worksite wellness content:

• Deskercise! Article and poster https://www.nchpad.org/1061/6355/Deskercise~~20~Ways~to~Get~Moving~While~you~Work
• A Week’s Worth of Wellness challenge https://www.nchpad.org/1239/5900/A~Week~s~Worth~of~Wellness
• Burn 100 Calories at Your Workplace https://www.nchpad.org/1628/6682/Burn~100~Calories~at~Your~Workplace
• Healthy Meetings Toolkit https://cspinet.org/resource/healthy-meeting-toolkit