Disability Inclusion@Work
2025 Disability Index® and its Business Impact
February 27, 2025 • 12:00 PM
2025 Disability Index® Timeline
The following dates are provided for planning purposes only and are subject to change:
Registration Open Now
Benchmark Opens for Completion: February 3, 2025
Benchmark Submission Period Closes: April 11, 2025
Disability Index Report & Top-Scoring Companies List Released: July 14, 2025*
*Note: Participation in the Index is always confidential. Recognition for Top Scoring Companies is optional.
About the Disability Index®
The Disability Index® is the leading independent, third-party resource for the annual, confidential benchmarking of disability inclusion policies and programs in business. Since its inception in 2015, participation in the Disability Index has grown 7x – from 80 companies in the inaugural year to 542 in 2024. Now trusted by over 70% of the Fortune 100 and nearly half of the Fortune 500, the tool helps companies determine data-driven actions that can achieve tangible business impact.
Participation and scored benchmarks are open to companies operating in Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, the Philippines, The United States and the United Kingdom.
Originally developed as a joint initiative of Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the Disability Index is an objective, reflective, forward-thinking, and confidential disability rating tool designed to assist business in advancing inclusion practices. It is a comprehensive benchmark that helps companies build a roadmap of measurable, tangible actions across five scored categories: Culture & Leadership, Enterprise-Wide Access, Employment Practices, Community Engagement, and Supplier Diversity. Participating companies receive a score, on a scale of zero (0) to 100, with those scoring 80 or higher earning the distinction of “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion” for the benchmark year.
How the Index® is Scored
The U.S. version of the Disability Index® measures a wide range of criteria within the following six (6) categories.
Culture & Leadership (30 points total; 20 for Culture, 10 for Leadership) – Businesses commit to and demonstrate a sustained, visible cultural commitment to disability inclusion and demonstrate visible leadership commitment to disability inclusion throughout the organization.
Enterprise-Wide Access (10 points) – Businesses commit to and demonstrate commitment to workplace accessibility.
Employment Practices (40 points total, 10 each for the subcategories of Accommodations; Benefits; Employment, Education, Retention & Advancement; and Recruitment) – Businesses commit to and demonstrate commitment to benefits, recruitment practices, employment practices, and accommodation practices that fully incorporate and include individuals with disabilities.
Community Engagement (10 points) – Businesses demonstrate public-facing engagement practices that celebrate and support individuals with disabilities.
Supplier Diversity (10 points) – Businesses commit to and demonstrate supplier diversity practices that fully include and utilize Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (DOBEs), including Service-Disabled Veteran DOBEs and Veteran DOBEs.
