Persons with disabilities (PWD) represent an untapped source of skills and talent. Hiring PWDs not only contributes to the overall labour pool as well as diversity, creativity and workplace morale...However, in many parts of Asia, governments and corporations have yet to provide an enabling environment to encourage inclusive and accessible workplaces...Employment of PWDs is...lagging. The Malaysian government is encouraging the hiring of [PWDs], and has put in place a 1% quota...According to the Labour Department of Peninsular Malaysia, there are currently about 6,750 PWDs employed in the private sector, a tiny percentage of total PWDs. However, the number of companies that are willing to employ PWDs is slowly increasing...Organisations like IBM Malaysia have taken a clear lead in employing PWDs. In 2010, apart from hiring five employees with disabilities, they also took in their first PWD intern...There is a long way to go, but such examples in both private and public sectors deserve recognition, showing that inclusiveness of PWD need not be philanthropic in nature.[also refers to KFC (part of YUM!)]