A Disability-Inclusive Future of Work | Ryan Gersava | TED

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Helen Chang

If you identify as a person with disability,

如果你是身心障礙人士，

kindly close your eyes,

麻煩閉上你的眼睛，

and in your head, repeat after me:

並在腦海中跟著我說：

I am a person

我是

身心障礙人士。

with disability.

Thank you.

謝謝。

I have bipolar disorder, type two.

我有第二型躁鬱症。

I am brave to say it now,

我現在可以勇敢說出來，

but it actually took me almost 20 years to be clinically diagnosed.

但其實我花了近二十年 才去接受臨床診斷。

I had all the symptoms,

所有的症狀我都有， 但我不去就醫。

but I did not seek for medical attention.

Now I'm giving myself a gift.

現在我是在給我自己一個禮物。

If I can be real honest,

很老實說，

I was in denial, and I was ashamed of it.

我以前是在否認，我感到羞恥。

And here's another interesting story.

還有一個很有趣的故事。

My bipolar diagnosis

我的躁鬱症診斷

was actually prompted by having a chronic illness.

是因為我有一種慢性疾病而引起的。

I know.

我知道。

And in the Philippines,

在菲律賓，

having a chronic disease can be a reason for employment discrimination,

就業歧視的理由之一 就是患有慢性疾病，

which I experienced firsthand.

我有第一手的親身經歷。

And since nobody decided to employ me,

既然沒有人要僱用我，

I decided to employ myself,

我決定僱用我自己，

and started my company instead,

改成立我自己的公司，

to contribute in building the future of work

以盡一份心力，

打造不會排除任何人的工作未來。

that leaves no one behind.

Little did I know --

我當時不知道——

(Applause)

（掌聲）

that starting this company --

成立這間公司——

thank you --

謝謝——

also triggered my healing journey

也啟動了我的療癒旅程，

in embracing my reality as a person living with disability.

去擁抱我身為身心障礙人士的現實。

Worldwide, one in seven people has a disability.

在全世界，

七個人中就有一個是身心障礙人士。

Disability is a reality that affects us all.

身心障礙是會影響 我們所有人的現實。

It's part of the diversity of human experience.

它是人類歷程多樣性的一部分。

We may be born with it,

我們可能出生就有身心障礙、

acquire it through an accident or aging,

因為意外或老化而有身心障礙，

or as a result of trauma and abuse.

或者因為受到創傷或虐待 而造成身心障礙。

Over one billion people with disability in the world.

全世界有超過十億名身心障礙人士。

Hundreds of them are unemployed,

當中有相當多的人失業，

especially in developing countries like the Philippines.

特別是在開發中國家，如菲律賓。

Their economic inactivity and unemployment

他們的經濟閒置以及失業

puts them at a greater risk of insufficient social protection,

讓他們有更高的風險會無法 得到足夠的社會保護，

making them more vulnerable to extreme poverty.

使他們更可能陷入極度貧困。

And the impact on our global economy?

對我們全球經濟的衝擊呢？

Trillions of US dollars lost in GDP.

國民生產毛額因而損失數兆美金。

That's before the pandemic.

那還是疫情前的數據。

Trillions lost because our society excludes people like me

損失數兆美金，

原因是我們的社會不讓像我這樣的人

[from] simply getting a job.

取得一份工作。

And it's not just me.

並不只是我。

Almost everyone in my team experienced this systemic problem.

我的團隊中幾乎每位成員 都經歷過這種體制的問題。

So we built a virtual school

所以我們建造了一所虛擬學校，

that equips our students with the skills and the mindset

讓我們的學生能夠具有 必要的技能和心態，

to work as online service providers.

能夠在線上提供服務。

We have hundreds of graduates in over 60 cities and provinces

我們有數百名畢業生，遍及 菲律賓各地六十個城市省份，

all over the Philippines,

earning an average income that is 60 percent above the minimum wage.

他們的平均收入 比最低工資高 60%。

But we realize

但我們知道，若要讓 職業專案計畫能真正永續

that for vocational programs to be truly sustainable and effective,

且有效，

technical skills and employment support are not enough.

光靠技術技能和就業支持是不夠的。

So we invested in having a resident psychologist

所以我們投資增加了 一位駐點心理學家，

to help our students process their past experiences,

來協助我們的學生 處理他們過去的經歷、

restore human dignity

恢復身為人的尊嚴，

and embrace their realities.

並擁抱他們的現實。

After completing our program,

完成我們的專案計畫之後，

92.6% 的人

92.6 percent

claim that they have embraced and they have understood their disability.

都宣稱他們已經擁抱了且已經了解了

他們的身心障礙。

So my advice to organizations

我要給投資身心障礙 人才的組織一個建議：

that are investing in talents with disability

is to look internally

要做內部檢討，

and identify unconscious bias of our people around those disabilities.

找出我們的人是否對身心障礙 抱持著無意識的偏見。

From there, validate and address their fears,

找到之後，

確認並處理他們的恐懼。

and work with your people to cocreate a solution --

並且和你的人合作，

一起創造解決方案—— 包容的解決方案——

an inclusive solution --

together.

通力合作。

This is how we can build and sustain

這麼做，我們才能建造和維持

a safe space that nurtures healing

一個安全的空間，來培養療癒

and disclosure.

以及坦誠。

Disclosure is the key to this systemic and intergenerational problem.

坦誠是關鍵，

能協助解決這個體制 及兩代之間的問題。

Speaking from my personal experience,

根據我的個人經歷，

the journey to embracing a disability

學習擁抱身心障礙的旅程

is painful.

是痛苦的。

It's like coming out of the closet

感覺就像出櫃，

or sharing a story of sexual assault.

或者分享被性侵的故事。

It forces us to revisit the hidden past

我們會被迫要重新回想 被藏起來的過去，

or confront an uncertain future.

或者正視面對不確定的未來。

It is extremely difficult,

這極度困難，

and it requires a strong support system,

且需要很強大的支持系統，

something that you and I can build together.

你我可以一同建造的支持系統。

So that ...

這麼一來，

hopefully, less and less people will ... suffer in silence.

希望越來越少默默地受苦的人。

We need to effectively heal

我們需要有效地療癒，

to fight inequality.

去對抗不平等。

The only way for us to build,

如果我們想要真正建造

to truly build a world where people can truly find belonging,

一個讓大家能真正找到 歸屬的世界，就必須要

is to start with healing.

從療癒開始。

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Cheers and applause)

（歡呼及掌聲）