In the disability community, John Kemp, executive director of the US Business Leadership Network (USBLN), is in the minority. He started life with his disabilitywhich he manages now with two prosthetic arms and two prosthetic legsbut just 17 percent of people with disabilities are born with their disabilities. The other 83 percent acquired a disability along life’s path. That, Kemp explained to Fair360, formerly DiversityInc’s audience of chief diversity officers and executives at our two-day diversity event in Washington, D.C., is why most people with disabilities do not identify with the disability community.
“Why do we have to make a business case that we belong” Kemp asked. “Our employees should look like our customers, like our suppliers, like our shareholders.”
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