Piscopo’s Vision: Maximizing The Disability Advantage

Piscopo’s Vision: Maximizing The Disability Advantage

By Josie Byzek|2021-04-30T14:51:18-04:00May 3rd, 2021|

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Seventy-five years after United Spinal Association was born, Piscopo is looking to leverage his background in creativity and innovation to make sure the organization remains the go-to organization for the SCI/D community for the next 75 years. “I want to create a culture of innovation in United Spinal,” he says. “We have to be brave — not be afraid to fail, learn from it and go on. We have to be an organization that is great at building on ideas and making them better and not an organization that kills ideas. We have to hate the status quo and constantly look to improve, even when we think we are perfect.”

Fortunately, creativity is one place he thinks the disability community already has an advantage. “People with disabilities are very creative because we live in a world that was not created for us — we are in problem solving mode 24/7 and that makes our creative muscles very fit,” he says. “I want to empower our community to better [...]

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