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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…

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…

Deepak KC is a Hermann Gmeiner Award-winning architect who uses his knowledge, skills and experience to improve the lives of people with disabilities, including at the centre run by SOS Children’s Villages in Jorpati, Kathmandu. Here he speaks about accessibility, tackling barriers, role models and table tennis.