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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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Cequan Wynn
Cedric Valbrun
Abdoule Bah
Keso Okriashvili
Meet the team:
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
workers
700+
languages
60+
franchises
5000+
markets
40+
- Researchers
- Non-emergency medical transporters
- Licensed therapist (physical and mental)
- Architect
- Executive manager
- Facility manager
- Trainers
- Merchandising companies
External & Internal Stakeholders
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Fulfilment center
Challenge 3 - Group 2
artritis,
and stroke.
vision problems,
limb problems,
hearing problems,
diabities,
repitory problems,
heart problems,
back pain,
Disibilities can be caused by:
Disibilities are common. It can happen to anyone.
(FIGURE 3. Top 10 Causes of Disability Among adults-Survey of Income And. . ., n.d.)
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%.
Challenge 3 - Group 2
Analogous Inspiriation
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Sustainable Devlopment Goals
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.
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.
Challenge 3 - Group 2
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Challenge 3 - Group 2
Dr. Dimitri Kessaris Founder and VP of Luv Michael
" Luv Michael is made up of compassionate individuals whose mission is to train, educate and employ people with Autism."
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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.
Expert:
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"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."
Dr. Dimitri Kessaris
Keso Okriashvili
"As an expert in this field, what are some of the most common misconceptions about people living with disabilities?"
"What advice would you give to employers who are hesitant on hiring individuals with disabilities?"
Interview with Expert
"What motivated you to start a company hiring only people that are autistic?"
"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."
"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."
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Daniela Pusmucane
Keso Okriashvili
Daniela Pusmucane, Group 3
"Not any that I can think of at the moment."
"Are there any government policies that can promote equal employment and address the discrimination?"
"From your perspective, what are the barriers that prevent individuals with disabilities from accessing employment opportunities?"
"In your opinion, what role does education play in changing the biased mindset when hiring someone who’s disabled?"
Interview with classmate
"Can you share your understanding on current societal stigma regarding people with disabilities in the workplace?"
"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."
"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."
"I feel like it’s the limited amount of diverse jobs."
Hiring managers see individuals with disiabilities as liabilities.
Education is lacked in both the general population and hiring managers
Limited diverse jobs.
Disabilities are over looked. They aren't seen as beings whom can be in a proffessional setting.
Challenge 3 - Group 2
Findings from interview
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Standards-based Goals
Challenge 3 - Group 2
Too broad
Just Right
Too Narrow
Ideation Synthesis P1
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Blindness
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Self-care & independent living difficulty
Ambulatory Difficulty
Cognitive Difficulty
Hearing Impairment
Disibilities and solutions
Background
Finances
Day in the life
- 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.
- Salary of $38K
- Rents one bedroom
- Gains from
- 25 Years Old
- Single
- Brooklyn, NY
- Degree in Software
- Works in customer service
- After college, he was hurt in
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Mark McTaylor
The company aids in transportation to work if they aren't remote.
"I love my job and how I'm treated at Neymo! "
"Very consistent and punctual. They made sure that my requirments were met."
"Were considereate to provide transportation and aid at the center if anything were to go wrong. "
"Without disibility funding, It would've been much harder for me to manage my medical bills."
"Got to talk to someone kind and undertsanding as soon as I walked in."
"This company might hire me!"
"I need to pay my bills but no one is hiring me eventhough I meet their requirements."
Sees an ad about a hiring event for diabled people.
The individual goes to work and gets payed regularly.
Step 7
The individual goes through training and testing to make sure the job is a good fit.
Company arranges a way to pay the individual and recieve disibility funding.
Step 6
Step 5
Step 4
Attends the event and gets an interview right away .
The individual struggling with a disablity is looking for a job.
Step 3
Step 2
Step 1
Challenge 3 - Group 2
Ideation Synthesis P2 Retail Customer Journey
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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.
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.
Findings from imersing ouselves in context
Challenge 3 - Group 2
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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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