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Prejudice limits access of people with disabilities to the labor market

Achieving professional success can be an even greater challenge for people with disabilities. This effort, however, is related to the obstacles imposed by the ableism present in the job market. According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), 24% of Brazilians have some type of disability. Despite this, according to a survey carried out by the Olga Kos Institute, only 2.74% are employed.

In an interview with CNN In Plural, the president of the Olga Kos Institute, Wolf Kos, stated that, in addition to having difficulty entering the formal market, people with disabilities are undervalued: “their salary varies between 1 and 1.5 times the minimum wage. The biggest difficulty is the education of these people. So, most of the time, they are used in underemployment”.

Who proves that this prejudice hinders the professional development of even the owners of long and complete CVs is Fábio Mariano, director of diversity at 99 Jobs. “I was already completely approved. Everything, everything passed, and then, lastly, was the medical exam. And the doctor was terrified and said: ‘You are very deaf! You cannot work here under any circumstances.’ Then I managed to prove that I could fill that vacancy. She convinced herself of that. But, look: if I didn’t have this oratory skill, this ability to already know a little more about the problem I had, I would have lost the spot”, she said.

And this willingness to do their own work goes against the limiting view of those who think that people with disabilities are incapable of exercising their profession.

What changes is the way we do it. We do the same things, but in a different way

Eduardo Magliano, CEO and founder of 99 Jobs

A great example of this success is the model and influencer Maju. At 20 years old, she was already on the cover of Forbes magazine. “Maju is often stopped on the street by people who are inspired by her story”, told her mother and manager, Adriana Araújo.

Who also reaffirms his ability with a long curriculum is the former player and world five-a-side champion, Mizael Conrado de Oliveira.

He says that, when he was still young, he noticed that even in the academic environment challenges arose: “I remember that I took the test, I won 90% of the scholarship and the school did not want to accept my enrollment, because the school structure was not prepared to receive a blind student. I remember that, at the time, I had to go to the Ministry of Education to enroll.”

Source: CNN Brasil

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