ARTICLES

PRODUCTIVITY SHOULD INCLUDES

DIFFERENT ABILITIES

Charity and productivity are often confused.  Companies might think that allowing PwD amounts to charity.  If so, they misunderstand inclusion because this is far from the case.  PwD must still be productive, they only need an environment...

TYPES OF IMPAIRMENTS

Types of Impairments: Visible or Invisible, Natural or Traumatic.

Pause for a moment and think about the difference that the type of impairment makes!

The type of impairment can have an influence on the nature of the challenges, because one impairment can have multiple challenges.

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PROCESSES

Processes – The majority are not the norm.

An environment seldom accommodates different abilities!  It tolerates Different Abilities and then it thinks this is enough!  Different abilities should be a normal part of our society, but we often ignore this reality when it is inconveni...

DISABILITY PERSPECTIVE

The reality of Persons with Disability is that we are in a world that is not designed for us.  Disabilities are in the minority so obviously, it is not practical to cater for every condition, but it is also not okay to be excluded only because you are different from the ma...

PERCEPTIONS MIGHT BE DECEIVING

We think people are classified as Abled and Disabled people, but this classification is misleading!  There are only differences in abilities, we often forget about this aspect of our diversity. There are not Able and Disable bodied people, they are all different pr...

A PHILISOPHICAL VIEW ON FAIRNESS AND CONSISTENCY

Let us assume we all want to treat people fairly! The question is, do we treat people the same (consistent), or is it more fair to adjust according to the abilities?

If we all have the same abilities, consistency is the answer to fairness. But there are...