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The Human Equity

Ku Geok Boon works with an executive assistant who is blind—and she is highly competent in her job, not letting her disability slow her down. “[Tan] Siew Ling is a fabulous note taker [in meetings]; she listens [well] and can pick up on cues such as tone of voice,” says the CEO of SG Enable.

Tan later became deaf due to a neurological condition. “Going past our emotional response [that she is

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