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Article

28 Sep 2017

Author:
May Bulman, Independent (UK)

UK: Disabled people need to apply for 60% more jobs than non-disabled jobseekers, study finds

"Disabled people have to apply for 60% more jobs than non-disabled people before finding one", 28 Sep 2017

Disabled people need to apply for 60 per cent more jobs than non-disabled jobseekers before they find work, new research shows…

The latest findings show that more than a third (37 per cent) of disabled people who don’t feel confident about getting a job believe employers won’t hire them because of their impairment or condition…

…[A] Government scheme called Access to Work providing things like screen readers on her computer…

“Lots of employers have no idea that Access to Work is out there. They think they’ll have to pay so they don’t take the chance."…

An inquiry into the UK’s progress in fulfilling its commitments to a major UN convention found ministers have failed people with disabilities through a catalogue of policies in recent years, affecting a range of areas from access to healthcare to equality in education and work…

A three-year initiative by Scope and Virgin Media is hoping to tackle the barriers disabled people face getting into and staying in work, inviting members of the public, employers and Government to work together to address these issues more quickly…