Meaningful Conversations with Stereotype Breakers

36. Working in Tech with Disabilities - with Meenakshi ‘Meena’ Das, a Software Engineer at Microsoft


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Let's talk about what it's like to work in tech with disabilities - and how we can make the workplace a more inclusive and accessible space. Join our interview with Meena Das, who advocates for people with disabilities in tech and helps them grow their careers in the industry. We will cover her own experience working with disabilities in technology, her advice for others going through similar challenges and for all of us - on how we can make the workplace more accommodating to people with disabilities.

Join Meena's community, Working With Disabilities, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/431496164254403

Meenakshi ‘Meena’ Das is a software engineer at Microsoft. Through her writing and speaking engagements, she has shared her accessibility expertise with several individuals and organizations on making society accessible to users with disabilities.

She is the founder of ‘Working with Disabilities’ support group for working professionals with disabilities which has over 2800+ members on social media. For her tech inclusion work, she was inducted into the National Susan M. Daniels National Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame. She is also a member of the Accessibility Leadership Committee of a non-profit organization named Disability:IN, and has been quoted by Forbes, CNET, Salon and ABC News for her views on disability inclusion in tech.

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