Building a Borderless Future: How Amandipp Singh is Rewriting the Rules of Accessibility

When Amandipp Singh was a child growing up in a small town in India, nothing around him was built for people like him. Born partially blind, he had to navigate classrooms, public spaces, and friendships in a world that offered no accommodations. “I wasn’t trying to overcome anything,” he says. “I just had to survive it.”

That survival became the foundation for a vision that now spans continents. Today, Amandipp is the founder and CEO of Enabled Talent, an inclusive hiring platform that removes barriers for people with disabilities in the workforce. Based in Brampton, Ontario, his company has already connected more than 18,000 users and partnered with organizations such as UNICEF, CNIB, and the Canada Business Disability Inclusion Network. But his mission extends far beyond metrics. “We want to empower one million people with disabilities to find meaningful work and live with dignity,” he explains.

The Problem: Awareness Without Access

Across Canada, more than 27 percent of the population lives with a disability. That is nearly 1.9 million people excluded from the workforce, not because of lack of ability, but because hiring systems remain inaccessible. Globally, over 1.3 billion people live with disabilities, with unemployment rates between 70–90 percent—representing the world’s largest untapped workforce.

Amandipp has seen the problem from every angle: as a job seeker, as a policymaker, and now as a founder. “I have worked with governments, colleges, corporations, and nonprofits. What I’ve learned is that accessibility is still treated like a checkbox,” he says. “It’s seen as compliance, charity, or welfare. I see it as untapped talent.”

His lived experience revealed how the lack of early empathy education compounds the issue. As a child, he was often ridiculed by classmates who simply didn’t know better. “Empathy is not something we teach in schools,” he says. “It’s not about blaming people. It’s about awareness. People don’t always know how to respond to difference.”

The Solution: Hope, Awareness, and Technology

with support from UNICEF, to reach 24 countries within 3

Hope means helping job seekers believe that meaningful employment is possible. Awareness means helping employers see inclusion not as a burden, but as an opportunity. He recalls a powerful example from one of his launch events: a Tim Hortons franchise owner who employs 95 percent of his staff from the disability community and has an average employee tenure of more than ten years. “That is what awareness looks like in action,” Amandipp says.

Technology then becomes the third pillar, providing the infrastructure to connect both sides. Enabled Talent doesn’t just post jobs; it facilitates change. The platform guides employers through the process of becoming more inclusive, offering resources like accessibility grants and workplace adaptation support. For job seekers, it provides tailored tools to navigate applications, interviews, and onboarding, all through an accessible design.

In October 2025, Enabled Talent celebrated a major milestone with its official global launch in Brampton’s Innovation District, where Amandipp unveiled TARA, an AI-powered voice companion designed to help individuals with vision loss navigate their work environments. The company also announced its selection as the only Canadian startup chosen by UNICEF’s Startup Lab to lead inclusive employment innovation across Africa. The event gathered civic leaders, accessibility advocates, and global partners, underscoring Brampton’s growing role as a hub for innovation and inclusion. Read the launch announcement here.

The Vision: Beyond Borders, Beyond Disabilities

Amandipp often describes his goal as building something “beyond borders, beyond languages, and beyond disabilities.” His company is now expanding across Africa, with support from UNICEF, to reach 24 countries within 3 years. Through Enabled Africa, the initiative aims to empower more than 85 million people with disabilities across the continent.

The impact is already visible. “Every week we see stories of people who felt invisible now finding work and confidence,” he says. But he is equally focused on changing how society perceives disability itself. “We don’t need more workplace accommodations,” he explains. “We need fewer barriers.”

He imagines a world where technology and empathy coexist. In the near future, he sees companies where people with visual, hearing, or mobility challenges work seamlessly side by side with others, communicating across differences rather than around them. “Empathy can’t be built overnight,” he says. “It develops over time through awareness and shared experience. But once it’s there, it changes everything.”

For Amandipp Singh, inclusion is not a checkbox or a corporate initiative. It is a movement powered by humanity, awareness, and innovation. “We are just getting started,” he says. “Every time someone finds a job through Enabled Talent, that’s not just a placement. It’s a proof point that the world can work differently.”

Enabled Talent is reimagining what accessibility means in the modern workforce, one voice, one job, and one act of awareness at a time.

Visit enabletalent.com or follow Enabled Talent on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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