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There is a familiar stereotype about accountants and accountancy. The work is boring. The subject is boring. And, by implication, the people who talk about it must be boring too. But where does that idea come from? There are brilliant accountants who love what they do. They enjoy the complexity, the precision and the satisfaction of making sense of a difficult problem. They have worked hard to become good at it and care deeply about doing it well. Perhaps accountancy only app

In this post, I reflect on a thought-provoking article by Rachel Botsman and explore what her ideas mean for disabled people navigating work, isolation, and connection in a post-pandemic world. During COVID, the world stayed home. Work went online, meetings went virtual, and life became more accessible for many disabled people. What had previously been dismissed as “unworkable” – remote jobs, flexible hours, online events – became normal almost overnight. In her RSA article T