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Able Lives Incorporated is a five-part
television series looking at issues of work for people with disabilities. Able
Lives Incorporated seeks to reach employers, co-workers, people with
disabilities, and their families about the potential employee who was once overlooked…that
is until now.
Episode 1
In the first episode of Able Lives: Incorporated we meet
four people with disabilities in the workforce.
Segment one is about Michael Albert, a 25 year old man
who works at Best Video in Hamden.
Best video has over 50,000 titles in 300 categories and Michael takes on the
mammoth task of organizing the videos. The store manager Richard Brown and
coworker Chris "Leg" Lasala couldn't ask for a more dedicated and
focused coworker. Michael's work ethic and personality have made him a key
employee who has proved his worth.
Segment two is a conversation between Bridgeport Mayoral
Aide Ruben Felipe and his friend, show Producer Frank Borres. Ruben shares his perspective
on life from his rebellious youth to his early attempts at finding work with a
disability. He shares insight on his position with Mayor Fabrizi, and his
future job options now that the Mayor will not take a second term.
Segment Three features Michael Corbo, a hardworking
garbage man for the city of Waterbury
who also had a growing landscaping business of his own. An accident changed the
course of his life he had to learn to live with a disability, but thanks to the
forsight of his coworkers he did not have to learn to live on disability
insurance. He stayed on as a Supervisor and now attends college at UConn,
something he says he would never have been interested in before his accident.
Segment Four takes a look at the corporate world. IPC, a
multinational corporation with offices in Fairfield,
needed to fill a position and Jerry Koret was simply the right man for the job;
disability or not. According to Lois Leibowitz, President of Public Relations
for IPC, the company simply looks for the best candidate regardless of their differences.
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