How to stop tiptoeing around disability at work

Feeling awkward around disability doesn’t make you a bad person. What’s not okay is letting that discomfort stop you from treating someone with the same respect you extend to everyone else.

Have you experienced that awkward moment when you meet a new colleague, notice a visible disability, and suddenly, all you know about everyday social interaction seems to go out the window? You are not sure what to say, what not to say, or where to look (or not to look). You worry about being inappropriate.