 The ILU partners believe the best way to drive
policies and practices is to ensure that all
information available points to the same conclusions
as well as responses on the disabilities continuum.
The greatest breakdown in disabilities related
provisions is because of some inconsistency when
moving from one part of the disabilities continuum
to the next.
The ILU mission is to efficaciously drive practices
and policies as they relate to persons with
disabilities and the organizations to which they are
integrated. Our partnership is designed to align the
above factors so disabilities services can be
delivered along a relatively stable continuum.
Accordingly, The ILU has three primary goals:
- To advance the reasonable accommodations of
persons with disabilities
- To advance the interest of organizations whose
leaders anticipate a shift in culture with regard
to disabilities based adjustments
- To provide public image analysis as well as
advise to organizational leaders regarding
positive and negative public perceptions around
disabilities based issues
This “context” oriented emphasis of The ILU is
possibly best encapsulated by promoting the
interests of persons with disabilities while also
meeting the broader output objectives of that
employing organization.
Persons are defined as having a disability by their
inability to “function” in some way relative to
others in the general population. In other words,
disabilities are framed in terms of severity by the
context which demands that they perform specific
tasks.
The ILU will provide consultant-based services to
organizations (e.g. public and private), which have
questions regarding the provision of services,
adjustments and policy needs (e.g. both internal to
the organization and external to the organization to
satisfy federal regulation) regarding the
accommodations for persons with disabilities.
We will work very hard to facilitate the best
possible relationship between the person who has
disabilities and the organization that is looking
for efficient effective ways to meet those needs.
We believe that organizations are best served by
helping persons with disabilities by receiving full
public credit for that assistance. We also
understand that sometimes media attention may
develop a less than complete picture of those
efforts. Accordingly, we offer counsel toward
developing a clear communication strategy through
those objectives.
The ILU will be available to speak at fundraising
engagements as well as other events in which the
betterment of persons with disabilities is sought
and for which public information might be best
distributed.
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