Jim Atwater is the founder of InReturn Strategies. Atwater is a deaf entrepreneur who started the company because workers with disabilities are regularly overlooked and undervalued by employers. InReturn helps companies break the cycle of pouring millions of dollars into inclusion programs that are "extra and special" efforts, and helps companies simply be inclusive as an everyday.
There’s lots of people talking about inclusion and making tons of money from consulting, but very few people are doing anything about it. We are the mechanism to turn intent into action.
The Kansas City, Kan., company connects people with disabilities ― a chronically untapped talent pool ― with prospective employers.