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>> White Cornell seal
appears on a red background,

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exits screen left, and gives way
to the ILR logo which zooms out,

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revealing the Yang-Tan
Institute logo.

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Lisa Yang and Hock Tan walk

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through the scene in
an outside garden.

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We hear from Lisa and
Hock during the segment.

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>> The commitment of
Lisa Yang and Hock Tan,

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working to advance opportunities
for people with disabilities,

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was inspired by their children.

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>> A variety of family photos
of their children are shown.

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>> Two of my children on the
spectrum are, i.e. autistic.

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One is more profound.

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The other one is
high functioning.

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As they grew up, I started
to see that the world wasn't

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as forgiving or as
fair in the way

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that these kids were either
educated or were treated.

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>> One of the passions of
our benefactors is to bring

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about a new realization
of the assets

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that all individuals can
bring to the workforce.

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Part of Lisa's focus is to
redefine the word "disability".

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>> I kind of feel that word
is a little bit narrow.

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That definition.

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And I also think
there's a certain amount

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of stigma attached to that word.

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>> In addition to the
array of conditions

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that are traditionally thought
of in connection with the term

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"disability", Lisa says there
are also nonvisual disabilities

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that exist.

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For instance, individuals may
experience a post-traumatic

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stress injury or situational
life experiences which can lead

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to disabilities,
including depression.

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Lisa says all people can
contribute to the workforce

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and society, including
people who have visual

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and non-visual disabilities.

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Hock Tan, who is the CEO
of Broadcom, says it's time

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for employers to
reevaluate what it takes

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to make their company
successful.

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He says there is
a pool of talent

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that is not being
fully tapped into.

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>> I look for my workforce to
be focused, to be challenged,

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and to adopt those skills,
that are necessary for those

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of the company's success, which
are not necessarily overlapping

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and matching with
normal societal behaviors

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that we have day-to-day, say
at home or the supermarket

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or just going out to a party.

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And that's the interesting
part about it.

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But most of the population in
the company -- a lot of them --

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most companies behave that way.

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And so when people

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with disabilities join a
company, they're pushed aside.

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Assuming they can even get in.

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Which kind of deals
the playing field

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against young adults
with special needs.

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>> Lisa says, through
their endowment,

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she hopes the Yang-Tan
Institute can strategically look

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at helping craft a
broader definition

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of disability in the workplace.

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>> I feel work is
really a solution

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for most people's adult lives.

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So most people go to
work and they form --

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they get the satisfaction
from work.

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They have -- they
make friends at work.

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They get -- they can have
support groups at work.

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And they feel a sense of
identity and a purpose in life.

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So I feel for everyone, they
should have that opportunity

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to be able to work and to
be treated fairly at work

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and to have the support at work.

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>> Yang-Tan Institute logo

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and yti.cornell.edu
fade onto screen.

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Cornell seal in red appears
on screen and zooms back

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so the ILR logo can be revealed.

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