{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f8df02aa4e5a0011e2ab89/69d6bc422a193257ad06e356?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"61 - Go to the Ground: Precious Lesupi on Accessibility, BRICS and Building for the Margins","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64f8df02aa4e5a0011e2ab89/1775680328780-a023dff8-8de0-44e8-bcb5-d1bb88ff7ab9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Go to the Ground: Precious Lesupi on Accessibility, Neurodivergence and Building for the Margins</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Precious Lesupi is back. Cybersecurity specialist, accessibility advocate, BRICS gold medallist, and one of the most honest voices to sit across from Hlulani on this platform.</p><p><br></p><p>This time they are in the same room, and the conversation goes everywhere.</p><p>From getting dirty in a primary school in Welkom teaching kids to use AI for grief support, to facilitating cybersecurity training for human rights defenders at the UN, Precious is doing the kind of work that does not make the LinkedIn highlight reel but changes lives anyway.</p><p>They talk about what corporate spaces get wrong about neurodivergent employees, why Precious stopped trying to change the rooms that would not listen, and what it actually looks like to build inclusive tech from the ground up rather than waiting for permission.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Why accessibility advocacy only made sense once Precious went hands-on in communities</li><li>Working with UN Women to protect human rights violation records safely</li><li>Competing solo at the BRICS Skills Competition in Russia and taking third place</li><li>What corporates get wrong about autism and ADHD in the workplace</li><li>Why Precious stopped advocating in implementation rooms and went straight to policy</li><li>Documenting African art and knowledge before it disappears</li><li>Building a virtual reality fitting room for wheelchair users</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Support the show</strong> buymeacoffee.com/shetalkstech</p><p>#SheTalksTech #WomenInTech #GirlsInSTEM #WorkCulture #AfricaTech</p>","author_name":"Hlulani"}