Bandana is a waitress at Cocina Mitho Chha in Kathmandu, an excellent social enterprise that offers hospitality training and employment opportunities to disabled people. Bandana gives her perspective on the employment challenges for Deaf people in Nepal.
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Dinesh
Dinesh has bilateral hearing loss (auditory neuropathy), which became apparent when he was 13. Due to the difficulty of accessing hearing aids, he faced difficulties in his studies and finding a job. Dinesh belongs to an ethnic indigenous group of the Terai in southern Nepal. He came into contact with…
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V15able
Letisha Wexstten from St Louis in the USA experienced the challenges disabled people face when looking for jobs – for instance, when interviewers feel uncomfortable about asking questions and instead rely on unfounded assumptions about people’s limitations. Letisha’s response was to set up V15Able, an online platform that helps job…