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Working From Home Opens The Door To Employing People With Disabilities
Geri Stengel
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Apr 20, 2020,07:00am EDT|
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Liz Johnson, managing director and co-founder of The Ability People
Amy Mace
Only 40% of adults in the United States with disabilities in their prime working years (ages 25-54) have a job, compared to 79% of all prime-age adults, according to the Brookings Institute, a nonprofit public policy organization dedicated to helping solve problems facing society. The conventional working environment can pose barriers to employment for people with disabilities. Liz Johnson, managing director and cofounder of The Ability People, a United-Kingdom based social enterprise, postulates that normalizing working from home opens the door to more people with disabilities to work. The company is a recruitment and consultancy firm that specializes in empowering people with disabilities.
Johnson was born with a form of cerebral palsy that paralyzed the right side of her body. She is a three-time Paralympic medalist — including gold in Beijing — media commentator, and expert on “disability inclusion” in the workplace. [...]
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