# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Rethinking Ability in the Workplace
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 01:30 pm – Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 02:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: In this workshop, HR and business professionals will gain greater awareness of how unconscious bias, stereotypes, and ableism can influence workplace decisions related to hiring, supervision, promotion, and accommodations. Through guided reflection, participants learn to distinguish between assumptions about disability and an individual’s actual skills and potential, strengthening their ability to make objective, equitable, and legally defensible employment decisions. The session reinforces ADA principles and equips employers to reduce risk while fostering a more inclusive, high-performing workplace.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rockford/rethinking-ability-in-the-workplace/200029885512723
- **Event Categories**: performances, workshops, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://business.rockfordchamber.com/event-calendar/Details/rethinking-ability-in-the-workplace-1641881?sourceTypeId=Hub&utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=rockford-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Rockford
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 308 West State Street, Rockford, IL, United States, Illinois 61101
- **lat**: 42.27109
- **long**: -89.0951
- **full address**: 308 West State Street, Rockford, IL, United States, Illinois 61101

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce (https://allevents.in/org/greater-rockford-chamber-of-commerce/14429959)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 01:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 308 West State Street, Rockford, IL, United States, Illinois 61101
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** performances, workshops, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Rethinking Ability in the Workplace ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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