How Johnny Timpson refuses to let disability define him
Former Cabinet Office Disability Ambassador Johnny Timpson and winner of Insurance Personality of the Year at the British Insurance Awards explains how he works with a musculoskeletal impairment plus his neurodivergence to make the industry more inclusive.
It is estimated that about 31% and increasing of the population in the UK are living and working with a disability and/or limiting health condition.
For more than 85% of
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