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ReThink Ability Episode 6 - The Real Disability? Workplace Ignorance About Equity, Empathy, and Basic Human Decency
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If your DEI strategy can’t even get someone a standing desk, we’ve got bigger problems.
In this bold and unfiltered episode, host Danny Gluch sits down with three powerhouse professionals who know what it’s like to advocate for equity — not just in theory, but in real life, in real workplaces, with real consequences. Together, they unpack the systemic ignorance disabled employees often face — and the everyday empathy that could fix it.
Pearl Brady – DEI practitioner and inclusion strategist with over 15 years of experience
Ashley Kera – Talent leader, coach, and founder of Kera Coaching & Consulting
Lia Seth – Director of People at Cylinder and self-proclaimed Accessibility Queen
Together, they tackle:
- The emotional and professional toll of asking for “reasonable” accommodations
- How fear, assumptions, and untrained managers weaponize policy
- Why trust is more powerful than paperwork
- What real equity looks like (spoiler: it’s not one-size-fits-all)
- The $0 solutions organizations are still ignoring
- And the golden rule we’re apparently still not following: Just be a decent human being.
This is the episode HR should be required to listen to. Because equity isn’t just a strategy — it’s how you treat people.
Rethink Ability is a limited seven-part podcast series that explores the often unseen dimensions of disability in the workplace — and what it takes to build environments where everyone can thrive.
Brought to you by The Fearless PX and the team behind The Elephant in the Org, in collaboration with ReThink Ability, Invisible Condition, and The Performance Innovation Collective, the series centers the lived experiences of disabled employees, HR leaders, and workplace change-makers. Across seven honest, human, and action-driven episodes, we unpack the gap between intention and impact and explore how to bridge it.
This is a call to rethink assumptions, redesign systems, and reshape culture.
If you’re tired of one-size-fits-
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