Mental Health at Work:
We All Have a Role to Play
The Campaign for Disability Employment
Promoting an accessible workplace means more than ensuring access to physical spaces and digital technology. It also means fostering a flexible, inclusive culture welcoming of all employees, including those with mental health conditions. Today, one in five working age Americans has a mental health condition, and as our nation rebuilds and rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health-friendly workplaces will be more important than ever. That's why the Campaign for Disability Employment (CDE) chose to address the topic in its latest public service announcement (PSA) campaign. The Mental Health at Work: What Can I Do? PSA features the faces and voices of four individuals-a CEO, manager, co-worker and person who identifies as having a mental health condition-each sharing what they can do to promote workplace wellbeing, from setting the tone for an inclusive workplace, to providing and requesting accommodations, to being a source of support to peers and colleagues. In addition to being distributed nationally to television and radio stations, a suite of Mental Health at Work: What Can I Do? materials can be accessed via the CDE website. These include: Downloadable Versions of the PSA in Various Formats and Lengths How-To Guide for Promoting Mental Health-Friendly Workplaces Video Interviews with the People Featured in the PSA Workplace Poster (Available in English and Spanish) Free Workplace Mental Health Tools and Resources The CDE is a collaborative effort funded by the U.S. Department of Labor's ice of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) that works to change attitudes about disability and employment. Members include the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), Disability:IN, the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN), the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), the National Organization on Disability (NOD), the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Special Olympics (SO) and the Viscardi Center. Mental Health at Work: What Can I Do? is the fifth in a series of CDE PSAs exploring different aspects of disability employment. To access these PSAs and learn more about the CDE, visit WhatCanYouDoCampaign.org. To learn more about ODEP, visit dol.gov/odep.
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