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Senator Tom Harkin On The Future Of Disability Inclusion
Caroline Casey
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – JULY 26: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) delivers a speech on the second day of the … [+] Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Paul Morigi/WireImage)
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Its time to end the mass exclusion of 15% of the global population with a disability. This mass exclusion can not be left to Governments and charities alone, it needs the most powerful force on the planet, business leadership. CEOs make choices and choices create cultures.
Former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin is only too familiar with this, having been instrumental in the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which celebrated its 30th birthday earlier this year. Most recently he worked with President elect Joe Biden to help draft the incoming administrations disability policy statement.
Additionally, in pursuit of the policy issues which he has dedicated his career to, including those relating to disability inclusion, [...]
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