{"id":117063,"date":"2021-06-24T05:54:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=117063"},"modified":"2021-06-24T05:54:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:54:37","slug":"paralympics-could-pave-the-way-for-a-more-inclusive-post-pandemic-recovery-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/paralympics-could-pave-the-way-for-a-more-inclusive-post-pandemic-recovery-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympics could pave the way for a &#x27;more inclusive&#x27; post-pandemic recovery, experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The Paralympic Games present an opportunity for businesses to embrace workers with disabilities and aid the global coronavirus recovery, experts said.<\/li>\n<li>Already, pandemic-induced lockdowns have paved the way for more flexible and inclusive work environments.<\/li>\n<li>It is estimated that some 1.3 billion people, around 15% to 20% of the workforce, have the lived experience of disability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This summer&#x27;s Tokyo Paralympics present an opportunity for businesses to embrace a vastly underrepresented segment of the workforce and aid the global coronavirus recovery, experts said.<\/p>\n<p>The decades-old Games, which showcase the sporting talents of leading disabled athletes, have been instrumental in removing taboos around often &quot;shunned or excluded&quot; members of society, International Paralympic Committee CEO Mike Peters told CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>That, in turn, has helped stir up important conversations about how businesses and society at large can better understand and engage the 1.3 billion people globally with a lived experience of disability.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Aside from the fact that it&#x27;s an incredible moment for athletes, all athletes \u2014 Paralympian athletes or Olympian athletes \u2014 it&#x27;s a great moment for us to challenge the perceptions of inclusivity,&quot; Caroline Casey, a disability activist and founder of The Valuable 500, told CNBC&#x27;s &quot;Capital Connection&quot; on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>That has become especially important after the coronavirus pandemic, which has exposed the &quot;gross inequity and injustice&quot; suffered by people with disabilities, said Casey, whose organization helps CEOs initiate and implement diversity and inclusion commitments.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the crisis has also exposed a &quot;glimmer of light,&quot; she said, noting that many of the barriers that previously prevented employers from embracing workers with disabilities have now been broken.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We have seen that the business system can flex and change \u2014 whereas before it said it couldn&#x27;t \u2014 to accommodate people with disabilities working remotely, or from home, or in the different ways we&#x27;ve seen it be so easily adapted in the last 15 months,&quot; said Casey. &quot;That&#x27;s very important.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>That opens up a huge opportunity to embrace not only workers but also consumers with disabilities, she said. Indeed, after the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, employment among workers with disabilities rose, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;As we have to recover from this pandemic, why on earth would any business in their right mind leave the value of 15% to 20% of our global population behind, which is a spending power of $13 trillion,&quot; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The comments come as the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics continue to be beset by the pandemic and associated challenges, sparking criticism from Japanese citizens and international observers.<\/p>\n<p>However, Peters said the measures taken by the organizing committee alongside the Japanese government and the Tokyo metropolitan government meant that the Games would be &quot;one of the safest places on earth.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclosure: CNBC parent NBCUniversal owns NBC Sports and NBC Olympics. NBC Olympics is the U.S. broadcast rights holder to all Summer and Winter Games through 2032.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/06\/24\/paralympic-games-could-enable-a-more-inclusive-post-pandemic-recovery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Paralympic Games present an opportunity for businesses to embrace workers with disabilities and aid the global coronavirus recovery, experts said. 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