The missing 27 per cent: why disability is DEI’s greatest opportunity

The current discourse around diversity, equity, and inclusion focuses on whether such initiatives have gone too far. Disability cuts across every identity category, and  disability-centred design has already given us so much.
Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu. What's been missing is the political will to treat disability as central rather than peripheral to inclusion efforts, writes Lorin MacDonald. 

As the backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion policies intensifies across Canada, one critical fact keeps getting lost: approximately eight million or 27 per cent of Canadians have disabilities that limit their daily activities. Yet, disability remains conspicuous...

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