Join Empovia (formerly Change Catalyst) Founder & CEO Melinda Briana Epler with Victor Calise for strategies on how to make disability accommodation the new norm in the working environment.
Victor Calise shares his disability journey and how he turned it into a strength, becoming one of the most innovative advocates for disability. In this rich conversation, we learn about:
Some of our favorite quotes from the conversation with Victor Calise:
“People with disabilities who didn't have the opportunity to get to work because of their disability didn't allow them to for transportation or immune reasons, whatever that might be, now is the opportunity. It is important because people with disabilities live in poverty and a way to get them up from poverty is through work”.
"The reality is that people with disabilities aren't really disabled. It is our environments that disable us. If we can fix those environments so we can live our lives there is no such thing as disability."
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Producer: Juliette Roy
Project Manager: Sally Moywaywa
Finance & Operations: Renzo Santos
Diversity & Inclusion Specialist: Antonia Ford
Created by: Melinda Briana Epler
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