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UK: Work and Pensions Committee Launches Inquiry into Disability Employment Gap, Nov 2020

Discussion in 'General disability topics and advocacy' started by Andy, Jan 22, 2021.

  1. Andy

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    https://committees.parliament.uk/co...mmittee-to-examine-disability-employment-gap/
     
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    https://inclusionproject.org.uk/blog/disability-employment-gap
     
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  3. Sarah94

    Sarah94 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Oh my god just fucking accept that some disabled people are too unwell to work, and give us the financial support that we need.
     
  4. Joan Crawford

    Joan Crawford Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Disabled and sick and disabled get mixed up in these broad reviews. Each condition and circumstances varies so much the detail gets lost. And it's ironically the details that matters for every individual
     
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    Kitty Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Yup – a proportion of disabled people are not ill, but there's a huge burden of chronic illness too.

    If you expect your population to work later and later into their lives, don't understand that a significant proportion have disabling illnesses (including those who would not even have survived their disease just a few years ago), design a benefits system that actively penalises them for taking recovery breaks from work, and simply tell employers to accommodate their needs without any grasp of whether or not it's actually realistic...you're probably going to end up with an unexplained disability employment gap.
     

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