According to the recent World report on disability, 15% of the world’s population is disabled. Among that group could be numbered famous physicists such as Isaac Newton, Paul Dirac & Stephen Hawking. This presentation will provide some basic data about global disability, and the socially-imposed barriers which disabled people face. It will also offer some practical suggestions on how to respect and include people with disabilities in the workplace.
Tom Shakespeare is a social scientist and ethicist with 25 years’ experience with the disability movement. Between 2008-2013, Tom worked in the Disability and Rehabilitation team at the World Health Organization, Geneva. He currently teaches medical sociology at the University of East Anglia Medical School, in Norwich, UK.
Tom Shakespeare is a social scientist and ethicist with 25 years’ experience with the disability movement. Between 2008-2013, Tom worked in the Disability and Rehabilitation team at the World Health Organization, Geneva. He currently teaches medical sociology at the University of East Anglia Medical School, in Norwich, UK.
