The market for people with disabilities (PWDs) is growing rapidly, fueled by aging baby boomers experiencing a disability for the first time in their lives, and people with long-term disabilities who have benefited from recent medical advances.

Often, PWD consumers expect companies they buy their products from to understand their disability. For companies to succeed in this market, it requires a unique approach to collecting, interpreting and analyzing information about the part of the market that is relevant to their business. Without this data, it can be a challenge to properly market products and services to the specific PWD groups.

A seasoned finance industry veteran who was born profoundly deaf, Michael Janger is uniquely positioned, as a person with a disability, to intuitively understand, analyze and act on PWD market information, and deliver effective results for companies seeking a competitive edge in the diverse and fast-evolving PWD market.

Michael Janger Consulting offers market research, strategic planning, and financial analysis for the PWD market.

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Google posted a fascinating video of Steve Mahan, who is blind, driving to Taco Bell on his own, using Google’s pioneering self-driving technology. (It is captioned for the deaf, and audio-described for the blind.)

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An Olympics-Paralympics Merger Unlocks Economic Potential

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For decades, the Paralympics were perceived in popular consciousness as the forgotten cousin of the Olympics, held in the afterglow of the main event, after the tourists, TV cameras, and journalists have left. Yet if recent trends are any indication, the Paralympics could soon share the same pedestal as the Olympics. Granted, it is more rumor than reality, but not out of the realm of possibility.

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Netflix Is Tone-Deaf As It Announces 80% Captioning Achievement

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Netflix’s announcement that it achieved a 80% captioning milestone demonstrates its disconnect with the deaf and hard-of-hearing market.

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