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In the Balance: Disability Hiring

Disability Hiring

25/02/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - In the Balance, Disability Hiring

How can employers offer more opportunities for disabled workers?

What can employers do to ensure disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else in the workplace?

What can governments and employers do to ensure disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else in the workplace? And how can disabled people give themselves the best chance of getting into work? Join Manuela Saragosa and guests: Dr Alice Maynard, an associate of Business Disability International; Randy Lewis, a former executive at the US pharmacy giant Walgreens; and Tunusha Naidu, founder of ABLE Consulting in South Africa, a disability-focussed recruitment firm that also helps companies make their workplaces more accessible.

(Picture: Man in  a wheelchair working at container terminal. Credit: Thinkstock)

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