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Ways businesses can support the wellbeing of staff with disabilities

Cropped photo of male sitting in wheel chair on edge of pavement. [Getty Images]

The World Health Organisation estimates that more than 1.3 billion people - about 15 per cent to 20 per cent of the global population - currently experience disability. Together with friends and family, this group has a spending power of $13 trillion (Sh1,599 trillion).

According to the Return on Disability Report, only four per cent of businesses are focused on making offerings inclusive of disabled people.

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