by Belo Cipriani | Sep 26, 2019 | Disability Inclusivity, Employment
By Belo Miguel Cipriani Today we have a Q&A with Erin McGregor, Global President of the ENABLED Employee Network (ENhancing ABilities and LEveraging Disabilities) at Chevron. Belo Miguel Cipriani: Do you have a disability? Erin McGregor: Yes, I had a severe...
by Belo Cipriani | Jul 20, 2019 | Employment, Visually Impaired
Some links in this post were created in collaboration with Wikibuy. By Belo Cipriani Having a job is important. Aside from generating income, it provides independence and can boost a person’s self-esteem. But for people with disabilities, landing that one job is...
by Belo Cipriani | Jan 5, 2019 | Disability Awareness, Disability Inclusivity, Employment, GLBT
By Belo Cipriani While the meaning of diversity has morphed as much as the world around us in recent years, and some may even believe it has become a corporate buzzword, the truth of the matter is many employers are failing the LGBT community and people with...
by Belo Cipriani | Jun 18, 2014 | Adaptive Technology, Employment, Mobility/ Disability, Writing
Today on The Disability Tribune, we are excited to share a guest post written by disability journalist Robert Kingett. The paratransit driver lurches to a stop outside the Tribune Towers in downtown Chicago, but I don’t hear the driver bark my name because I am...
by Belo Cipriani | May 21, 2014 | Adaptive Technology, Blind Technology, Employment, Interviews
The Disability Tribune is stoked to bring you an interview with Mike Hess, the CEO and Founder of the Blind Institute of Technology. Belo Cipriani: What is your background and why did you establish the Blind Institute of Technology? Mike Hess: An English proverb...
by Belo Cipriani | May 7, 2014 | Adaptive Technology, Americans with Disabilities Act, Belo Cipriani, Blind Technology, Employment, Writing
It was never tough for me to get a job when I was sighted. Even when I got laid-off from a start-up after the Dot Com bust, I was hired as a bartender, with no experience, at the first club I walked into with my pink slip. As a college student, I worked at a payroll...
