In this video, Katie Kelly shares insights on disclosing disability in the workplace, and how organisations can create a culture which empowers people to disclose. Visual description of images and footages in the video are provided below..
Visual and Audio description
The video includes Katie sitting on a high stool chair by herself, in a beige jacket. It is being filmed in a film studio and throughout the video Katie is talking and facing the camera as she shares insights on disclosing disability. At times there is soft gentle music in the background. There are no other sound effects.
The video starts with Katie talking and throughout shares footage of people in an office, talking and some with have wheelchairs as their mobility means. Other footage includes Katie walking along a beach and talking in an ABC Radio studio. The footage then cuts back to Katie talking. As Katie talks about of the importance of creating inclusive culture.
The video ends with an image that includes the text Katie Kelly OAM PLY, Disability and Inclusion Advocate and 2 x Paralympian, with the website www.katiekelly.com.au The image includes at Katie Kelly logo which has the letters KK, and it is on a navy background with white font.
Transcription
I never wanted to disclose my disability for fear of being perceivedless capable than my peers. And now, with maturity and life experience, I feelempowered to talk about it, to share my experiences, disability.
We need to keep challenging our perceptions of people with disability inour workplace, so that we feel more comfortable to have conversations andensure everyone is included.
By challenging our attitudes and perceptions, we can create a moreinclusive culture and a younger version of myself who didn't want to disclosefor fear of being judged, for fear that I wouldn't get a job. That is a thing of the past. And our young people today entering in the workforce, as well aspeople already in the workplace feel empowered, will disclose, and we're allb etter off for it. And increasingly, what we will see, which is reallyi mportant, is more people with disability in leadership roles.
And not only have I honestly have felt so empowered to talk about mydisability and to share my experiences. It's also the people around me.
I see it every day that they are getting enriched by the conversation that I'm having with them about my disability.Their education and understanding is improving of what it's like for someone with a person with disability in the workplace and how they can be better toensure that everyone is included, because inclusion benefits everyone.
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