[Music] Whom would you imagine if you had to imagine an astronaut. Would it be a fighter pilot, scientist, or would it be a sportsman. That's no coincidence.Actually for decades people just out of these three disciplines mainly have been selected to go to space. And even if you would have asked just a few years ago space professionals whom they would like to send to a simulated space mission. They would have most likely named you a name of a person out of these three disciplines.But would you believe me if ...

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Good morning everyone. My name is Jesse Sanchez and I'm the co-founder and president of the Neurodiversity Alliance. I'm also a husband, uh, a father of three beautiful kiddos and I'm someone for whom my whole life I've been searching for and I'm now building authentic communities. But see, I probably shouldn't actually be standing here today. My tale is one, statistically speaking, that's supposed to be a cautionary tale. See, my story begins with my mother who fled the grip of the drug cartel where my fat ...

「障がいが重すぎるから、養護学校にも入れない」そんな理不尽な現実に立たされた少年が、出会いと挑戦を通じて理事長となり、今では1,000人を超える障がいのある人たちの雇用を支える存在に。 人生を変えたのは、人との出会い。そして、自らもその“出会い”になろうと歩み続けた道のり。このトークでは、障がい、挫折、葛藤を超えてきた山下さんが、「No Charity, but a Chance（保護ではなく、機会を）」という太陽の家の理念のもと、希望と行動の大切さを語ります。 できない理由ではなく、“できる方法”を探す。誰もが社会の一員として輝ける未来へ。それは、あなたの出会いから始まるかもしれません。 At the age of one, he developed polio due to persistent high fever, and became wheelchair-bound. In 1984, he joined Mitsubishi Corporation Taiyo Co., Ltd., an IT company, and became its president and CEO in 2014 a ...

The funding will specifically enable Special Olympics to grow and scale the delivery of their workforce readiness trainings, Athlete Leadership programming, and Unified Leadership, a training co-developed and facilitated by people with IDD that is designed to develop inclusive mindsets to facilitate a more accepting and inclusive workplace for people of all abilities. To date, the training has been offered to more than 2,000 businesses, schools, and community organizations around the world. "Bank of America ...

[Music] I want to have an inconvenient conversation. And let's face it, no one likes an inconvenient conversation. It's awkward, uncomfortable, maybe even makes us squirm in our seats.But here's what I know for sure. The conversations we avoid are the ones that often we most need to have. And so today, I want to talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion, but not in the way you're used to hearing it.I don't want to talk about race or gender or even who we love. Instead, I want to talk about a piece of the ...

Afternoon everyone. I hope you all are doing well. Before we begin, let's imagine for a second, let's imagine a world where every person of every ability stands on the same ground.A world where biases are relics of the past and discrimination has no place. Can you picture a society that is vibrant in its diversity, that is unyielding in its inclusivity, that is steadfast in its equity. Well, what if I were to tell you that this dream can become our reality.Because together, we hold the future. We hold the p ...