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Reducing stigma towards & increasing employment opportunities for individuals living with disabilities.
ENT-1777-03-24/SP Neymo Keso Okriashvili, Abdoule Bah, Cedric Valbrun & Cequan Wynn
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Meet the team:
Cequan Wynn
Abdoule Bah
Cedric Valbrun
Keso Okriashvili
Challenge 3 - Group 2
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External & Internal Stakeholders
- Researchers
- Non-emergency medical transporters
- Licensed therapist (physical and mental)
- Architect
- Executive manager
- Facility manager
- Trainers
- Merchandising companies
Fulfilment center
As a company and a team overall, we intend to make international trade a much easier proccess. We will aid in these aspects : - Currency fluctuations - Supply chain distruption - Regulatory Compliance - Cultural and language - Currency conversions
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workers
franchises
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Challenge 3 - Group 2
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Analogous Inspiriation
Initially being inspired by professor V's mother, we did extensive reaserch on how individuals with disibilities live and how they are able to monuver around their disibility.
Only 5 states have disability programs. Over 42.5 Million disabled individuals in America alone, 13%.
Disibilities can be caused by:
heart problems,
hearing problems,
repitory problems,
vision problems,
limb problems,
back pain,
diabities,
artritis,
and stroke.
Disibilities are common. It can happen to anyone.
(FIGURE 3. Top 10 Causes of Disability Among adults-Survey of Income And. . ., n.d.)
Challenge 3 - Group 2
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Sustainable Devlopment Goals
Goal eight works towards decent work for all. Our challange is directly related to this SDG as we are working towards higher employment with individuals with disabilities.
Education is extremely important as without it, the stigma towards individuals with disabilities will remain the same. This is prominant in society and hiring managers.
Challenge 3 - Group 2
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Expert:
Dr. Dimitri Kessaris is one of the founders of Luv Michael, a non-profit organization which solely employees autistic adults creating delicious granola. The founder provides knowledge and compassion to the organization; thus, guiding his son, Michael Kessaris whom is autistic, to follow his dreams. Luv Michael has volunteering roles which spreads awareness and enlightens students from early on.
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" Luv Michael is made up of compassionate individuals whose mission is to train, educate and employ people with Autism."
Dr. Dimitri Kessaris Founder and VP of Luv Michael
Interview with Expert
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"I am personally affected by the discrimination because I have a son who is autistic. I wanted to open doors for people just like him and create opportunities where they won’t be turned away."
"What motivated you to start a company hiring only people that are autistic?"
Keso Okriashvili
Dr. Dimitri Kessaris
"What advice would you give to employers who are hesitant on hiring individuals with disabilities?"
"People with disabilities aren’t just disabled people. They are kind, patient and fair which can get lost as people grow into adulthood. Take a chance and give them the opportunity. If it doesn’t work out then you will know for sure."
"When people think disability they think inability; they will have more problems if they choose to hire the person. This is not only wrong but lazy. Some of these people had executive positions before they were disabled, thinking that they can’t possibly bring any value to a company is insane."
"As an expert in this field, what are some of the most common misconceptions about people living with disabilities?"
Interview with classmate
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Daniela Pusmucane, Group 3
"I feel like people with disabilities are often misrepresented. There’s this stereotype against them where they can’t do the work like someone without disabilities."
"Can you share your understanding on current societal stigma regarding people with disabilities in the workplace?"
Keso Okriashvili
"In your opinion, what role does education play in changing the biased mindset when hiring someone who’s disabled?"
Daniela Pusmucane
"Education plates a big role in this, people aren’t taught about disabilities and we build this stigma around it that’s completely not true."
"From your perspective, what are the barriers that prevent individuals with disabilities from accessing employment opportunities?"
"I feel like it’s the limited amount of diverse jobs."
"Not any that I can think of at the moment."
"Are there any government policies that can promote equal employment and address the discrimination?"
Challenge 3 - Group 2
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Education is lacked in both the general population and hiring managers
Disabilities are over looked. They aren't seen as beings whom can be in a proffessional setting.
Findings from interview
Hiring managers see individuals with disiabilities as liabilities.
Limited diverse jobs.
Challenge 3 - Group 2
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Ideation Synthesis P1
Standards-based Goals
Too Narrow
Too broad
Just Right
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Disibilities and solutions
Hearing Impairment
Cognitive Difficulty
Ambulatory Difficulty
Self-care & independent living difficulty
Blindness
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Mark McTaylor
Background
Day in the life
- 25 Years Old
- Single
- Brooklyn, NY
- Degree in Software
- Works in customer service
- After college, he was hurt in
- Wakes up at 6am, gets
- Since he uses a wheelchair he
- Gets off of work at 9 pm.
- His friend drives him home and he
- Makes dinner and watches TV.
- Goes to sleep around 11pm.
Finances
- Salary of $38K
- Rents one bedroom
- Gains from
Challenge 3 - Group 2
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Ideation Synthesis P2 Retail Customer Journey
"Without disibility funding, It would've been much harder for me to manage my medical bills."
"Were considereate to provide transportation and aid at the center if anything were to go wrong. "
"This company might hire me!"
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Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Company arranges a way to pay the individual and recieve disibility funding.
The individual goes through training and testing to make sure the job is a good fit.
The individual struggling with a disablity is looking for a job.
The company aids in transportation to work if they aren't remote.
Sees an ad about a hiring event for diabled people.
Attends the event and gets an interview right away .
The individual goes to work and gets payed regularly.
"I need to pay my bills but no one is hiring me eventhough I meet their requirements."
"I love my job and how I'm treated at Neymo! "
"Got to talk to someone kind and undertsanding as soon as I walked in."
"Very consistent and punctual. They made sure that my requirments were met."
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Challenge 3 - Group 2
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Findings from imersing ouselves in context
When taking the time to really observe disabled people or even the newly disabled individuals in the area, we realized most of them tend to have depression. It's sad but self explanatory, they feel out of place in a world where 90% of the world can't understand them.
Depending on the disability, the individual could be unable to work like they used to or unable completely. But here at Neymo, we found a way to combat the situation.
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Disability and Health Overview | CDC. (2024, April 3). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/disability.html FIGURE 3. Top 10 causes of disability among adults-Survey of Income and. . . (n.d.). ResearchGate. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Top-10-causes-of-disability-among-adults-Survey-of-Income-and-Program-Participation_fig3_287584898#:~:text=The%20health%20conditions%20that%20respondents,(3).%20. . . Pew Research Center. (2023, July 24). For Disability Pride Month, 8 facts about Americans with disabilities | Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/07/24/8-facts-about-americans-with-disabilities/#:~:text=Overall%2C%20there%20are%20about%2042.5,care%20or%20independent%20living%20difficulties. Robichaud, T. (2020, April 2). 6 General types of disabilities. Changing Paces. https://changingpaces.com/6-general-types-of-disabilities/ US Census Bureau. (2023, June 27). The South had highest disability rate among regions in 2021. Census.gov. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/06/disability-rates-higher-in-rural-areas-than-urban-areas.html
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Amulatory Difficulty
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Selfcare & independent living difficulty
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- Developer ( avg salery 110k)
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Hearing Impairment
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- Graphic Designer ( avg salery $60K )
- Data Entery Clerk ( avg salery $20K )
Blindness
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- Customer Service Rep ( avg salery 40K )
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Cognitive Difficulty
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