Join us for a conversation with Lindsey Madison, CPD, Special Education Teacher, and disability consultant. Her teaching career was inspired by her brother who had (what they called at the time) “mental retardation.” Today he would be classified as “Intellectually Disabled-Mild.” Through him, she learned the challenges, barriers, and stigmas facing people with disabilities. She also learned about resilience, opportunities, and superpowers within the disability community.
Lindsey will share how those experiences led her to a teaching career working with students with learning disabilities. Too often, disability inclusion focuses on hiring and accommodation. But, like every minority or other underrepresented group, that is just a first step. One in four adults has some type of disability, visible and/or invisible. A disability is not an indicator of ability as a leader, co-worker, or colleague, and the goal of this conversation is to drive more inclusion for people with disabilities and dismantle the barriers they face in the workplace. We hope you join the conversation!
Learning Objectives:
- Determine the importance of disability inclusion in the workplace
- Recall the history of the terminology used to identify people with disabilities
- Describe the relationship dynamics involved in working with people with disabilities
Jina Etienne, CPA, CGMA
Etienne Consulting
Diversity & Inclusion Consultant, Speaker & Trainer
[email protected]
(301) 778-5510
Jina is a consultant and speaker on diversity, inclusion, culture, and belonging. She creates training programs and workshops to help clients move forward in their D&I journey. She is a storyteller and speaks candidly about her experiences, hard lessons, and ‘aha’ moments that helped her understand the importance of individuality, the value of curiosity, and the courage it takes to “just” be yourself. Often described as “approachable” and “relatable” by her clients, she works with purpose and the intention of being engaging, practical, and immediately applicable to real-world situations. Jina draws from her unique background and mix of work experiences to offer examples and share insights designed to benefit everyone across the workplace ecosystem – executives, management, employees, and customers.
Previously, she was Principal Consultant at EtiennePartners (EP), a boutique consulting firm that offered a unique strategy development, workshops & coaching to leaders, executives and entrepreneurs. Co-founded with her husband, EP was a full-time partnership in both work and life. Although in different professions, their work often intersected around the importance of self-awareness in leadership and navigating conflict within teams. Combining their experiences, backgrounds, and work led to the development of their unique approach to D&I, which she continues to use in her practice today.
Lindsey Madison
Self-employed
Special Education Consultant
[email protected]
210-328-7590
Lindsey Madison currently serves as an independent consultant in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She is the daughter of a Korean immigrant and an American military veteran. Her life is inundated with the benefits and challenges of being a bi-racial person living between two different cultures. Through her experiences, she is driven by her professional mission statement: to use skills, abilities, and experiences to help individuals grow and prosper both personally and professionally to achieve their best self, to make an impact on organizations to nurture a common goal of Diversity and Inclusion, and to make an impact on communities through building healthy interpersonal relationships.
After 16 years as a special education facilitator, she continues to advocate for equal and equitable opportunities in different communities and cultures. Lindsey is dual certified in Special Education and Elementary Education. She holds an M.S. in Curriculum and Instructional Design and is a Certified Project Director (CPD) through the Institute of Project Management.
About Our Presenter
Etienne Consulting's work is informed by their unique mix of experience in public accounting & business consulting, association management & member engagement, and diversity & inclusion consulting and training. Although in a variety of roles and industries, their work has always intersected around the importance of self-awareness in leadership, clarity of purpose, and navigating conflict within teams.
This led them to develop techniques to deepen awareness and strengthen communication — core skills necessary for driving meaningful change in organizations. They work with businesses and firms to infuse diversity, equity, and inclusion across all aspects of people experience, operations, policy, communications, branding, and community & social responsibility. Their training programs and workshops are designed to bridge the gap between diversity and inclusion by offering concrete skills and communication strategies teams and use to build teams capable of leveraging their full diversity to drive innovation, growth, and lasting cultural change. They also offer support in developing, implementing, executing, and reporting on D&I strategy.
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