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How One Company Made Blindness a Career Strength
On this episode of The Diversity Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a surprising case study: how a Fortune 500 tech company turned blindness and low vision into a career accelerator. They focus on a specific pilot program at a major Silicon Valley firm that deliberately recruited blind software testers and data labelers, rethinking job design around accessibility tools like screen readers and Braille displays. The hosts walk through the business rationale—blind testers caught visual UI bugs sighted testers missed—and the career outcomes: participants reported faster promotion rates than…
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