Disability as a Safety Advantage with Diego Mariscal

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What if Disability isn’t a disadvantage in business, but preparation for it? In this episode of The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management , I speak with Diego Mariscal, Founder and CEO of 2Gether-International, about transforming how society and investors think about disability and entrepreneurship. We explore: Why daily adaptation builds entrepreneurial resilience The systemic “poverty trap” that discourages Disabled founders from scaling ABLE accounts and corporate structures that protect independence The principle of “Nothing About Us Without Us” Why curb cuts, iPhones, and audiobooks prove Disability-first design scales How ecosystem-level change happens from startup cohorts to the SEC Born prematurely in the United States but raised in Monterrey, Mexico, Diego grew up immersed in entrepreneurial culture. He launched his first company in high school, educating students on Disability experiences. That early exposure to innovation and systems thinking shaped what would become 2Gether-International, an organization dedicated to reframing Disability as a competitive advantage.