Accesstalk With Trish

My guest this week is Debra Ruh, CEO of Ruh Global Communications, barrier-slayer of epic proportions and global Disability Inclusion Strategist. When told by 'experts' that her daughter Sara, who was born with Down's syndrome, would be lucky to push shopping carts at the local grocery store, Debra refused to accept this. When she told friends and family that she was going to start a for-profit that would help companies see the worth and potential in hiring disabled employees, she was met with skepticism. Debra's unshakable faith in the power of human potential and her love for her daughter led her to create TecAccess, which was an information & communications technology (ICT) accessibility firm, and most employees were technologists with disabilities. By 2011, Debra had built TecAccess into a multi-million-dollar firm, but realized that her mission was not yet complete. Convinced that "the real disability is being unable to see human potential", she went on to create Ruh Global Communications. With R