We are surrounded by people with disabilities at work. Some disabilities are visible, others aren’t. It is helpful to understand what the needs of people with disabilities are and how we can best work with them. Often there are misconceptions, which this presentation will help dissolve. We will discuss ways that people with and without disabilities can work and communicate better.
Tom started to work with advocacy groups when he was a teenager, and later on the national level to make higher education accessible to people with disabilities.
After college he moved to the United States where he started working as an accessibility consultant and later started his own company.
While working with thousands of people in the United States, Tom has also worked with developing countries. One of his biggest achievements was training a group of blind people in Southeast Asia to become the first accessibility experts in their own countries.
Currently Tom is building a business program at the Hadley School for the Blind to help blind entrepreneurs to realize their dream of independence.
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