Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Manager at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society.   Alycia Anderson is a TEDx motivational speaker; disability advocate; corporate diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility consultant; founder and CEO of The Alycia Anderson Company, LLC; and host of the podcast Pushing Forward with Alycia. July is Disability Pride Month and Alycia wrote an article, “8 Ways to Include Disability in DE&I Efforts,” for the July RIMS Risk Management Magazine. She comes on the show to share those tips with us and continue the conversation in August. Alycia also discusses the importance of representation, especially for people with invisible disability, and providing a psychologically safe place for people with disability to raise their hands and talk about their needs in the workplace.   Key Takeaways: [:01] About RIMScast and the RIMS App, an exclusive benefit for RIMS members. [:33] About today’s episode, where we will discuss some major cyber reporting news with RIMS Risk Management Magazine Managing Editor, Hilary Tuttle. [:56] All about exciting, upcoming RIMS events! Registration is open for the RIMS Canada Conference 2023, which will be held September 11th–14th in Ottawa! Visit RIMSCanadaConference.ca for more information. [1:16] On September 14th, the Spencer Educational Foundation returns to New York City for its Annual Funding Their Future Gala. The event will be held at the Cipriani on 42nd Street. A link is on this episode’s notes. You can also visit SpencerEd.org. [1:33] The RIMS Western Regional Conference will be held October 4th–6th in Vail, Colorado. Visit RIMSWesternRegional.com for more information and to register. [1:45] Head to the RIMS.org/Advocacy page to find information about The RIMS Legislative Summit, which is returning to Washington, D.C. on October 25th and 26th. [1:59] We are very excited about the RIMS ERM Conference 2023, which will be held November 2nd and 3rd in Denver, Colorado! The theme is Elevate and Evolve. Registration will open soon as will a call for nominations for the ERM Award of Distinction. Visit the events page on RIMS.org for more information. [2:22] August 18th is the last day to submit a session for RISKWORLD 2024. See the link to the online submission form in this episode’s notes. RISKWORLD 2024 will be held May 5th–8th in San Diego, California! [2:40] July is Disability Pride Month, a commemorative celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act being signed into law in 1990. RIMS Risk Management Magazine, as is our flagship publication and there’s a wonderful article in the current print edition. It is also available online. It’s called, “8 Ways to Include Disability in DEI Efforts.” [3:02] The article was written by Alycia Anderson, the Founder of her company. She’s best known for her TEDx talks. Justin thought she would be a fantastic guest on RIMScast to talk about the tips in the article and extend the dialog beyond July. [3:23] We are going to provide some actionable tips for risk managers and business leaders who want to make the DE&I conversation more inclusive about people with disabilities, throughout the year. [3:44] Justin welcomes Alycia Anderson to RIMScast. The topic is disabling ableism. Alycia is an international TEDx motivational speaker, a disability advocate, a DE&I and Accessibility corporate champion, and a podcast host advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and including disability in that conversation. [4:45] Alycia has a Master’s degree in Adaptive Physical Activity. It’s work she has been doing for pretty much her whole life. She was born with her disability, sacral agenesis, so she has lived her life in a wheelchair. The path of advocacy and fighting for her opportunities in life is been a requirement from day one. [5:11] Today, Alycia is focused on bringing some of that exposure to corporate America and speaking to companies globally about the benefits, p