October is not just Mental Health Month. October is also Life Esidimeni Month. Let us hope it is Accountability Month, as well. It is now three months since Judge Teffo’s ruling that criminal charges be brought against, among others, Qedani Mahlangu, the former Gauteng Health MEC, and Dr Makgabo Manamela. The Timeline In October 2015 the former Gauteng MEC Qedani Mahlangu announced the termination of its contract with Life Esidimeni, a private healthcare provider caring READ MORE
Category: People with Disabilities
Perspectives on Employing Persons with Disabilities (4/4)
In this fourth and final episode, Jeremy speaks about how employers need to be more strategic about employing people with disabilities if they wish to succeed. In the previous three episodes Jeremy outlined the importance of seeing disability inclusion in perspective, taking into account three views; the legislative view, the human rights view and the business case view. In this episode, Jeremy discusses what he calls his ‘holistic disability equity approach’. He states that typically, READ MORE
Is there Room in the Diversity Narrative for Disability?
At lunch recently with a bunch of people I didn’t know, I was reminded again how separated we, as People with Disabilities are. I was once again fascinated by the level of basic ignorance, displayed by normal average folks, about the basic capabilities of blind people, and the various bits of kit available to them, talking watches, Voice-over on the iPhone, (and you should have seen their faces when I told them that the phone READ MORE