here's the problem
Most organizations focus on hiring people with disabilities—but far fewer create environments where those individuals can grow, lead, and stay. This is what we call...
Hiring opens the door.
Support and advancement determine whether people stay.
The Inclusion Gap™ is simply the space between hiring someone and creating an environment where they can succeed, grow, and belong.
THE INCLUSION GAP™
that's where we come in
We create space for honest dialogue, practical action, and real accountability.
Inclusion isn’t built in a training session, it’s built in everyday moments, decisions, and leadership behaviors. We help organizations close the gap between intention and impact through a simple framework focused on three essential areas.
Hire
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Recruiting
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Interviewing
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Onboarding
Support
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Accommodations
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Accessibility
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Psychological Safety
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Manager Support
Advance
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Development
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Promotion
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Leadership Opportunities
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Career Growth
Most organizations care deeply about inclusion.
The challenge is knowing where to focus efforts to create meaningful change.
Experience that combines strategy with lived perspective
Coffee, Kindness, & Inclusion brings together professional expertise and personal understanding to create practical, meaningful solutions.
Global Leadership Experience
Led learning and inclusion initiatives across North America, EMEA, and APAC.
Enterprise Scale Impact
Built scalable programs and learning experiences impacting thousands of employees.
Lived Experience
Personal experience navigating workplaces as a disabled professional.
Executive Advisory Expertise
Trusted advisor helping leaders turn inclusion commitments into action.
Hi. I'm Jessica Pelasky.
As a disabled professional, global learning leader, and disability inclusion advocate, I've spent my career helping organizations bridge the gap between intention and impact.
Through Coffee, Kindness, & Inclusion, I help leaders create workplaces where employees with disabilities don't just get hired—they thrive.
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Bring a powerful combination of lived experience, leadership expertise, and actionable inclusion insights to your next event.
With her compelling recounting of her personal lived experience and insight derived leading global disability inclusion discussions, Jessica is a voice for the power of disability employment and inclusion. Jessica illuminates her disability experience with engaging storytelling that leaves an audience with new information on the everyday challenges individuals with disabilities face and surmount. She also shares and embodies the resilience, the perspective, and the contributions employees with disabilities bring to the workplace. After you hear Jessica speak, you will have no doubt there is enormous potential just waiting to be unleashed through greater disability employment. Jessica is a fantastic and engaging speaker who will elevate and educate audiences on disability inclusion.
Michele Christ
People and Culture, Community Impact, Elder Care and Disability Consulting
Jessica's work was detailed and right on time. She communicates well and is interested in pleasing her clients. I enjoyed working with her and will recommend her to my friends and colleagues.
Eileen Thorne
AAS, BS, MS, Clinical Nutritionist, Business Owner, Single Parents Nia /SPN Herbs,Health & Wellness
I have worked with Jessica and have not been disappointed one time. She is extremely proficient in every area that she works in. Jessica is very personable and seeks to provide the very best service possible without sacrificing results. She is innovative and creative. She is constantly working to improve the overall process that makes the client relationship easy and comfortable. Her ability to do what is needed in a timely fashion is refreshing.
Douglas J. Doran
President at Life Radio Ministries, Inc.
I had the pleasure of working with Jessica as a speaker in our webinar series, and I can't recommend her highly enough. She exemplifies professionalism and brings an impressive depth of expertise and advocacy to the table. Jessica blends her personal experiences and convictions seamlessly with the topic and audience, delivering messages that are both insightful and relatable.
Her content was highly relevant to our series; she understood the theme, stayed on topic, and ensured her messaging resonated with our audience. Beyond that, Jessica's communication skills are exceptional — she was always punctual, responsive, and receptive to collaboration and feedback. She actively engaged in promoting the event on LinkedIn, amplifying our reach, and making the experience pleasant and productive for the whole team.
If you're looking for a speaker or collaborator who is professional, knowledgeable, and dedicated, Jessica is someone you absolutely want to work with.
Sarah (Naumann) Gabriel
Advocate | Lead Learner | Innovator
I had the pleasure of working with Jessica, and her radiance and ability to articulate learning solutions was stellar. She has continued to expand her reach, and I've been able to share her career journey, and equip leaders through her powerful storytelling about her personal work and life journey as a disabled person who has to navigate a world that challenges her autonomy by not offering solutions, resources, workplaces and accommodations that afford her the ability to live her fullest (and best) life. Jessica's passion, advocacy for herself and others in the disabled community was an amazing experience that shed a light on this meaningful and impactful topic. Jessica's passion and willingness to share deeply personal experiences has been a pleasure to witness and I look forward to continuing to leverage her insights, solutions and knowledge in the future.
Oneka Cornelius
HR/People | Talent & Culture Strategist | Learning Strategy
Anyone that gets the honor and opportunity to hear Jessica speak, whether it is one on one or as part of a group, will surely be inspired, engaged, and positively impacted. Jessica has a very caring and generous spirit with a strong desire to help others. Jessica also is a great influencer and educator. Aside from having a masters degree in adult education and broad work experience, Jessica is a natural born educator and has taught many through the years on a variety of topics from web design to accessibility, and so much in between. Any audience would be fortunate to learn from her and will come out of the experience with a new found perspective, enlightenment, and most likely an opportunity for self reflection that may not have occurred otherwise.