The Disability Office meets Pasteur teams

The Disability Office is continuing its work to inform and raise awareness on campus with the aim of improving the inclusion of disabled employees.

On Tuesday April 1, the Disability Office came along to the open desk session run by the Biostatistics Hub in the Yersin building to present its work and talk to the teams.

This was a fun and friendly event which also included a solidarity breakfast organized in conjunction with an inclusive and socially active café, Notre Café Marais, which encourages social inclusion and access to work for young adults with autism spectrum disorder. 

The photo shows, from left to right:
Sandrine Daniel (Disability Officer in the Disability Office), Roberto Toro (Head of the Applied and Theoretical Neuroanatomy five-year unit (U5)), Elie Elkaim (Notre Café Marais), Laurence Melloul Piou (Director of IME Cour de Venise, which supports disabled children and teenagers), Natacha Signer (an educator at IME Cour de Venise) and Christèle Huon (Disability Officer in the Disability Office)

The initiative took place between two major awareness days: the French National Day for Disability Officers on March 27, and World Autism Awareness Day on April 2. These two days provide an opportunity to emphasize the need to improve understanding and support for disabled people.
 

Did you know? 

 

Held every March since 2018, the French Day for Disability Officers highlights the essential role these people play. At the Institut Pasteur, the Disability Office is responsible for this task. Its role is to raise awareness and tackle prejudice, and help keep disabled people in employment. It is also in charge of the Institut Pasteur's disability policy, launched in 2023, alongside the DEI, with the aim of strengthening the Institut Pasteur's commitment to improving the inclusion of disabled employees.
 
By gaining official recognition of your disability, you can access a range of rights, allowances and services.

If you have a disability or think you may qualify as disabled, you can seek assistance and support from the following internal stakeholders, alongside external agencies (Agefiph, Cap Emploi, MDPH):
• the Disability Office
• the Occupational Health and Prevention Department
• and the IP social worker
 

Find out more

 

VWould you like to organize an information session for your team? Feel free to contact the Disability Office by emailing handicap@pasteur.fr

f you have a disability or think you may qualify as disabled, you can seek assistance and support from the Disability Office. Feel free to contact the office directly by email:: handicap@pasteur.fr or via the members of the Disability Office.

Resources to raise awareness and provide information and support are also available:

HR FAQ platform, Disability section   

Content on ePasteur (information, Agefiph practical guides, useful links, presentations)  

Notre café Marais is a project run by IME Cour de Venise (a medical educational institution) and is a listed supplier at the Institut Pasteur