International Day of People With Disabilities 2024
Wed, 04 Dec
|Park Plaza Westminster Bridge
Be inspired by the incredible Mark Pollock! Author of ‘Making It Happen’, Mark is the subject of the acclaimed documentaries 'Blind Man Walking’ and ‘Unbreakable – The Mark Pollock Story’. Now he is on a mission to cure paralysis in our lifetime...
Time & Location
04 Dec 2024, 08:30 – 10:30
Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, 200 Westminster Bridge Rd, Lambeth, London, SE1 7UT
About the event
AbilityRE is so excited to have finally got hold of Mark Pollock for International Day of People with Disabilities 2024! Everything Mark Pollock does is about inspiring leaders and their teams to build resilience and collaborate with others so that they achieve more than they thought possible.
Unbroken by blindness in 1998, Mark became an adventure athlete competing in ultra-endurance races across deserts, mountains, and the polar ice caps including being the first blind person to race to the South Pole. He also won silver and bronze medals for rowing at the Commonwealth Games and set up an international motivational speaking business.
In 2010, a fall from a second story window nearly killed him. Mark broke his back and the damage to his spinal cord left him paralysed. Now he is on a new expedition, this time exploring the intersection where humans and technology collide to cure paralysis in our…