Petek Özgül | Redefining Disability

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What happens when you look at a person that society has deemed disabled and see instead their unique potential to contribute a valuable skill? Petek Özgül and her project, Uzmanlar, are addressing that question by challenging expectations of disability and changing lives – all while building a productive business.
Petek Özgül, is a computer engineer, project manager and social entrepreneur. She has launched her award-winning business plan for "Uzmanlar", an IT consultancy company that utilizes the special skill sets of people with autism to provide high quality software testing, quality control and data systems operations.
|TurkishWIN | Length 4:01| Filmed in Turkey March 2012

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