Fairfax Media scoops Attitude Award for employing the disabledSupplied Fairfax Media's Annamarie Jamieson (right) and two of her Auckland staff - Emma and Chloe - receiving the Attitude Award on Thursday night. Fairfax Media scooped an Attitude Award on Thursday night for its inclusiveness towards people with disabilities. The annual Attitude Awards celebrate the achievements of people who live with disabilities and Fairfax won the Attitude ACC Employer Award, announced on Thursday night. The company, which owns Stuff.co.nz and newspapers across the country, runs a New Zealand sign language cafe and also employs several people with intellectual disabilities as part of a programme called Creative Spirit. Winner of the Attitude ACC Employer Award is Fairfax Media for employing people with disabilities and a NZSL cafe#AttitudeAwardsNZ pic.twitter.com/Nn6e6LV4M3 — Attitude (@attitude_tv) November 9, 2017Jamieson helped launch Creative Spirit in Fairfax's New Zealand offices in 2012, and the sign language cafe one year ago.

Source: Stuff November 09, 2017 08:48 UTC