Soeren Palumbo

Last year, BCG surveyed nearly 28,000 employees from 16 countries across a range of industries and found that one-quarter of the workforce has a disability or health condition that limits a major activity in their lives.

We founded Spread the Word to End the Word in 2009 with an audacious belief, a plain observation, an urgent goal, and an ambitious plan. By Soeren Palumbo We audaciously believed that the world would be better if all people were valued, respected, embraced, and included in our schools, workplaces, and communities. But we plainly observed that, despite the efforts of many, around the world remain left out, excluded, and isolated.

Hello, my name is Kiera Byland. I am 19 years old and I live in the Northwest of England in Great Britain. At primary school I just couldn’t seem to keep friends, they got fed up with me because I couldn’t keep up, I didn’t get jokes or sarcasm. I tried to participate in sports but I got teased because I couldn’t run fast enough, I couldn’t kick a ball well enough, I didn’t have hand and eye coordination, so that limited what I could play so others got fed up.