Many companies are now enlightened enough to recognise the value of the largely untapped talent pool that is full of disabled applicants. They recognise all the business benefits of employing disabled people. But what next? How do we attract and retain disabled people? This is a complex issue, of course, but here are a few … Continue reading Struggling to attract disabled employees? A few suggestions.
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Following the first in our series on best practice case studies, helping inclusive employers learn from each other, this one is also around a new person joining the team. This case study is written in the employee's own words, so my huge thanks to Aidan Kiely for taking the time to write it for us. … Continue reading Best Practice Case Studies: Direct Line Group
In this final part of the series on "Disability Etiquette" we are going to look at one of the more difficult aspects of disability - people who don't look or seem disabled, but are. Sometimes we will know they are because they tell us, sometimes they may choose not to tell us. This group of … Continue reading Disability Etiquette, part 10 – engaging with people with hidden disabilities
In the final parts of this series on Disability Etiquette we are looking at working with people who have specific impairments or conditions. Of course, each person is an individual and we should never make sweeping statements. These are general guidelines, but the most important thing is to communicate with the individual to find out … Continue reading Disability Etiquette, part 9 – engaging with people with unhidden impairments
Access to Work has been described as the government's best kept secret. It is a scheme which provides funding to make workplaces more accessible for disabled employees. I have used the scheme both for myself and as an employer and it really can make the difference between a disabled person being able to work or remain on benefits. … Continue reading Access to Work – a brilliant secret!
Another in our series to help people feel more confident around disabled people. Slightly tongue-in-cheek this time, but still sadly very much based on real life experience, here are some things it would be better not to say to disabled people or people with long-term chronic conditions (unless you intentionally want to offend, of course!): … Continue reading Disability Etiquette, part 6 – Ten things NOT to say to disabled people
Evenbreak likes to partner with organisations who share our values and vision of a society which is inclusive and accessible to all and where everyone is respected for who they are. Today's guest post is about an organisation called BID, and I will leave it to Karen Young, their Employment Coach, to tell you more … Continue reading Guest blog – Introducing BID
The Home Office published a set of guidelines called "Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Strategy" last month (April 2012). This talks about what political parties need to do in order to comply with the Equality Act 2010. There is a recognition that in a truly democratic society it is important to have a diverse range … Continue reading Disabled People Power – getting into office
Today's guest blog is about the Disabled Motorists' Federation, and is written by its Vice President, Peter Lyne. The Disabled Motorists Federation (DMF) continues to address an ever increasing and diverse range of issues on behalf of disabled people and those with long term medical conditions as well as attempting to be of assistance to … Continue reading Guest blog: Disabled Motorists’ Federation
In this blog series on disability etiquette, we have already looked at the basics, terminology and physical access. Today's blog is about the less obvious, but just as important, barriers that disabled people face every day. People's attitudes. This is often called "unconscious bias" and it refers to how people view disabled people, which will … Continue reading Disability Etiquette, part 4 – Attitudinal barriers