That affects 15 percent of the global population and we want to zoom in specifically on one topic Disability Inclusion in the workplace lets be honest having a disability often means encountering obstacles in areas like social inclusion transport education and of course the world of work but barriers are made to be overcome and in our next report well see some spectacular examples of how technology is helping people to realize their full potential despite or even because of their disability. When humans and machines become one of mind control devices are taking on. Touch of the is about 2 pilots a car in a virtual race that cybertron a tournament for people with disabilities. His team is made up of computer scientists from the university and fan talk time and. Its a new experience its really exciting. Hes also studying Computer Science and wants to become a Games Developer has been largely paralyzed since he suffered a spinal injury in an accident when he was 15 controlling the device 34 which opens up new doors for him this kind of technology is known as brain computer interface all b. C. I get it registers miral signals in the brain and translates them into control commands or devices but. It takes practice and concentration to be able to send motor signals that are as clear as possible and the software has to be able to filter out irrelevant signals. In this sort of thrown event drive just have to keep their vehicles on the winding track and go as fast as they can. Both just has to move his hand in his mind for his prosthetic hand to remove the way he wants a change. Hes a farmer and lost his hand in a work accident. I took a lot of practice to learn to control his prosthesis. In turn learns the movements he typically performs. This device does not read signals in the brain but registers tiny movements in the muscles in what is left up beyond. When bubble wants to lift his hand the corresponding muscles in the arm contract and the priest this is performs the intended movement. To. Involve a brilliant you just imagine opening your hand in your hand opens your margin closing it on the closes same for rotation you dont have to think much about the signal the prosthesis just does that. Can now do a lot of the world. Himself. Modeling for statics are impacting a wifes range of. People with disabilities as well. Devices provide support for heavy lifting with trials underway there are brand new opportunities for the 1st basics industry. News and. Were talking to companies to get a sense of the potential market. Theres a lot of scope were talking about the Auto IndustryRailways Just ticks for shipbuilders and many others. Being able to operate all kinds of machines and devices just by thinking it would open up new horizons imagine you could put on a robot and suddenly have super powers. And what if computers really learned to read more of our minds would that even be a good thing as it is that is all along. Just mentioned human brain contains 86000000000 neurons linked by a sign ups. And an each neuron sustains about a 1000 connections and complexity the signaling is extremely complex the signals will not only have to be registered individually but also interpreted before such technical advances could be considered. And so were nowhere near that kind of practical application. Came in 2nd in the race hes delighted and so are the team he says he hopes b. C. I will help people with paralysis in the more independent line. Having a disability is no laughing matter except well sometimes it actually is maisons i has Cerebral Palsy a Movement Disorder that affects around 17000000 people worldwide its a permanent condition that has no cure but that hasnt stopped her from making it and then a tory asli come pettis of world of comedy. My name is Maysoon Zayid and i am not drunk but the doctor who delivered me was he caught my mom 6 different times in 6 Different Directions suffocating poor little me in the process as a result i have Cerebral Palsy which means i shake all the time look. Its exhausting im like shake your should care of me its my home and ali. Around 17000000 people worldwide live with the Cerebral Palsy yet disability is often an obstacle to finding a job. May soon be on screen and on stage in the ted talk seriously has been viewed millions of times she has shown the world how to succeed in working life with a disability i got 99 problems and polls he is just one. If there was an hour crush an olympics i would win the gold medal house in muslim prevail i disabled and i move in new jersey. I imagine the acting business can be pretty brutal if youre not a tall skinny blonde woman or have times changed hollywood is about fantasy and perfection and its very very of disabled people every time i did a scene from a glassman or a my professors would we but i never got cast. Finally in my senior year a. S. U. Decided to do a show called they dance real slow in jackson its a play about a girl with c. P. I was a girl with you on her observable thank god almighty im free at last i didnt get the part. He didnt think i could do the stunt i said excuse me if i cant do the stunt neither can the character. People with disabilities are the largest minority in the world and we are the most under represented and tame and also brown people another way or so this is the fact that ive heard of you or when you know skinny behind. Girl im also i think im also disabled im also over the age of 21 all of those things are downfall in hollywood but not in stand up comedy stand up comedy is where the weirdos go to shock my father taught me how i walked when i was 5 years old by placing my heels on his feet and just walking another tactic that he uses he would dangle a dollar bill and trying to me im having a fit. My inner stripper was very strong and right i know. You also teach and universities and theres a class that is called vice you dont want to hear what is advice that disabled people dont want to hear my advice for disabled people in the workforce is you have to do better than youre not on the single counterpart so sorry theyre just gonna hold you to higher standard you have to be clear and have no fear about asking for accommodation if your disability means you cant sit for 8 hours be up front with your coworkers and your boss and find what works for your body do no work for free dont let anyone to move to that exposure who are training or whatever blah blah blah theyre trying to work it and have solutions so if you cant so so something thats certainly right your job dont just say i cant do it say i cant do this but here are 3 Different Solutions for it and put everything in the emails and dont have phone calls because later when you need to soothe emails or more in fact that i know its exhausting to be your own advocate at all times but no one else is going to do it for you my big break came in 2010. I was invited to be a guest on the cable news show countdown and they shuffle me and her studio and seat me on a spinning rolling chair. So i looked at the stage manager and im like excuse me can i am another chair and she looked at me and she went 5 for 3. And was like i did right so i had to grip onto the anchors thats so but i wouldnt roll off the screen during the segment. And when the interview was over i was livid i had finally gotten my chance i blew it and i knew i would never get invited back but not when we did mr minute by me back he made me a full time contributor and he taped my chair. You. Must learn and you have a disability there are people out there who think these things are disadvantages you sometimes angry at the world or even jealous i am very jealous of you for not deceive people of color i am furious and very sick of. With the world because i cannot for the life of me comprehend how in 2025 once again some women is still being streamed live sceptical and that we still. Are killing people depriving people of equality because of the color of their skin disabled already 3 times as likely as not undeceive will can approach to be assaulted has to stop we must do better mining is may soon and if i can can you can can. What a message they fayne if this is the mother of invention im not certainly true when it comes to making life easier for people with disabilities. 2 decades ago a ph d. Student named Wayne Westerman was struggling to type his dissertation because of repetitive strain injury not one to give up he teamed up with a nother developer to create a touchscreen that required far less pressure from the fingers Problem Solved audiobooks were a similarly simple solution for visually impaired lovers of literature and in fact anyone who is on able to read innovation is something we all benefit from is just one upside to Disability Inclusion as well see in a moment being disabled friendly pays off financially to. Need to be visibility of this event if youre not youre missing out on over 1000000000. 00 customers worldwide. How i am still how. The president and c. E. O. Of this ability ends a little like profit in our 250 more tight ass not grand to achieve Disability Inclusion into politics im going to share with you how to make your company disability inclusive in 3 steps step what do the math. If you need. What is going to cost how is this going to positively impact most. And d. D. Says that on average accommodations are less than 500. 00 companies that prioritize Disability Inclusion and outperform their peers i average with things like 28 percent higher revenue 2 times the net income and 30 percent higher economic Profit Margins so you have to ask yourself if you want your company to be innovative because in fact many innovations were designed for and sometimes by people with disabilities. The bottom line is that it pays to be a disability inclusive step to build the roads if youre trying to be inclusive you need tools that are includes the to everybody do your marketing materials include people with disabilities so that people with disabilities can see themselves in your marketing materials one in 59 p. People are on the autism Spectrum Companies like as a. P. For example actually consciously worked to include people who identify as being autistic in their workplace and as a result that made their competitors come out of the woodwork and want to learn what theyre doing and now we come as a final step 3 leverage your people you need to identify a champion within your business thats going to drive this this suffered and ideally thats a Senior Leader who openly identifies as being a person with a disability and in the Disability Community we say nothing about that without us and the other important part of leveraging your people is your Employee Resource Group the greatest resource you have within your company are your people google has an Employee Resource Group for their employees with disabilities and theyre driving you know theyre driving things like have. A lot of what comes out of the Employee Resource Groups actually drive the bottom line training is critical there is bias that exists in our world around people with disabilities so its important to provide training because we want to build inclusive cultures not just where we can attract talent but we want to be able to retain and grow talent weve got to Work Together to tear down that bias to what are you waiting for gets started. Get started is a great message but its often easier said than done especially in the area of entrepreneurship but it is possible to succeed my colleague mr schmidt met a man who refused to let his physical condition stop him from running his own fitness. A lot of people think if you have a physical disability you have a mental disability. And they prefer not to have to engage with people like doubt. About my disability since i was 6. Somehow it gave me strength. When people Say Something is impossible id say its possible. Become be dont watch me do it. Is the boss and co never has gotten company hes used to navigating a construction site on crutches. For months and now gives me an evil moment when we took over the business 19 years ago i was the only one of the company with a disability. I was about 40 i spent 10 years as the companys managing director. Delighted. In general banks are cautious with people with disabilities theyre concerned that if they take out a loan they wont pay it off. Weve played a lot of people i know who have similar disabilities to mine are now in wheelchairs banks tend to have dies that theyll be able to pay off a long term loan. The initial years as co no worse struggle she could be an intimidating boss. I used to be a tyrant with my employees. The problem was that i felt i had to assert myself how i felt i had to show my staff who was boss. Will save us. Time as it was like to some extent i regret that. I would go around my spirit level checking that everything was straight. If i found something that wasnt done someone paid with their job was done so tough i was it id love to do it the way i was raised since. My parents didnt believe in me they talk about my disability they tell me i couldnt do things about it i always had to prove myself and show i could. These days his 40 employees have nothing to fear. As he became successful. Hes able to admit to past mistakes i think. Screwing up was an important part of the learning experience. And admitting that i made a right old mess. We had a contract in 2010 and miscalculated the budget 5300000 euros. As a result between 20122014 we completely overhauled the company. These days the company is specialized in scaffolding solutions. Hopes hes a role model for others as an entrepreneur who hasnt left a disability hold him back. Tell me does mention me. I feel that people with disabilities should be more in the public eye. How often do we see any woman disability in the headlines. Or on t. V. Almost never. A problem to some extent they dont dare put themselves out there draw attention to themselves and say ok i have this problem but im smart enough to build up a business. Stupor has an optimistic outlook he shrugs off the discrimination hes experienced because of his disability. Its happened yes and sometimes it was severe. But i dont dwell on it im over 60 now im noticing that i no longer remember some stuff. I can forget some of the all important stuff. Here in germany nearly 3 quarters of people who are blind or seriously visually impaired dont have a chop thats a whole lot of talent that society is missing out on in our next report 3 women a physiotherapist a lawyer and a disability rights activist share they found ways to thrive in their profession in spite of what others might view as a disadvantage. Let me know when it starts to hurt can you still speak. And breathes. Period i have retinitis pigmentosa its a genetic disorder and causes tunnel vision my eyesight was quite good until i was 30 or 35 i could still ride my bike. On the far. Right most of my patients dont even know. Me when i tell them im legally blind they say they dont believe me. That was a quick. One can verify it if you can cover up a lot you become a champion in covering it up of course i have trained my coworkers to never put things in the wrong place. I get so mad if i have to spend hours hunting for something if i reach for it and its not where its meant to be and i have to start looking for it. My parents always supported me they never said you wont be able to do that. But lynn is very noisy very crowded and people just leech other a lot its a challenge. I see light and dark and contours here in this hall i can make out the windows and the round lamps that look like bright patches. So i can orient myself quite well. I locate the steps with my stick. I know the courthouse building very well with all its corridors and corners. Sighted people often get lost here and cant find their way out without help. In my case given that i cant see i dont judge people by their exterior because i cant that also means i dont get distracted and remain focused on what people tell me. But that doesnt mean im entirely free of preconceptions theyre just a bit different blind people might not like the sound of someones voice or the way they shake your hand. Im not a living light detector but i am pretty sensitive to what people are telling me whether its true or whether theyre lying. Monkeys and what if you cant imagine a blind person can climb a flight of stands and you wont believe that a visually impaired person can hold their own in the workplace. In a Digital World technology is a blessing and a curse at the same time there are some websites we can use easily but far too many are not excessive. Points youre just coming out of whats going on the app will tell me a plot. Its just the bus is just arriving well you know what thats done but that can be recognized by the app. It says the next one is delayed coming in 10 minutes it doesnt show the one thats just come in so i got on the. So. Was big its no more linda shy live in town because theres good public transport that lets me get around. That if self driving cars ever become available and i can afford one i might consider moving to the country i dont assume we should assume for now because of the world her eyes stare and on not know that brings us to the end of this edition of mate its been a pleasure having you along the shore to join us again next time until then for me on the entire team here its goodbye and take. Months without a sign of life. The crew of italian fishing boats. Disappeared after a clash with the libyan militia. 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This is data news live from but in germany is a partial lockdown extended into 2021 german chancellor Angela Merkel says the infection rate from minds to high current restrictions will now stay in place until at least january 10th so theyll be loosened for christmas in many parts of the countries also coming up britain will stop vaccinating against the coronavirus next week according to Prime Minister barak. But he cautions that getting doses to vulnerable groups poses a huge logistical challenge