Information relating to Beyond the Office? How remote and hybrid working can help close the disability employment gap

Sign Language AI systems are being procured across public services without adequate Deaf community involvement, creating institutional risks Authors: Dr Louise Hickman, Dr Alexa Hagerty, and Rose Powell The rapid deployment of AI across UK public services presents both opportunities and significant risks for equality and inclusion. This tension is particularly acute in the emerging […]

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Access to Work grants scheme gives practical advice and support to disabled people who are working, self-employed or looking for a job.

We'll hear about the Disability Access in Laboratory Environments (DALE) project, followed by Q&A and member discussion on accessible labs.

Come along to a session led by Christine Moeller on findings from a research project focused on the workplace experiences of ND librarians.

Today, we launch #AccessToNowhere - a campaign led by disabled people demanding urgent reform to Access to Work. This scheme is meant to support disabled people in employment. Instead, it’s failing us. - 62,000 people are stuck in a backlog waiting for decisions. - 33,000 are still waiting to be paid. People are losing jobs, income, businesses, and even their homes. 📢 We need your support. 1. Sign the open letter calling on the government to fix this broken system https://lnkd.in/gvN_xVqp 2. Write to your MP (we've created easy-to-use templates) https://lnkd.in/g7cegcwt Add your voice. Share widely. Together, we can make this crisis impossible to ignore. Image description: "Dear Prime Minister, Disabled people are being shut out of the workforce by the very system designed to support them." in white text on a teal background.  It features the Access to Work Collective logo and a yellow "Sign our open letter" button. #AccessToWorkCollective #AccessToWork | 19 comments on LinkedIn

Since 2018, I have been volunteering for my local branch of the National Autistic Society in South Lanarkshire and during the pandemic I became one of the branch’s co-chairpersons. As we were appro…

Deafblind Awareness Week, 24 June – 30 June, is about raising awareness of people with multi-sensory impairment, or deafblindness. 

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