Expert Resources: employment


These are the items that relate to employment found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • Disability and Employment

    Anonymous | 14 Feb 2020
    Nearly one-in-five of people living in the UK have a disability, including over eight million people of working age. This factsheet summarises the steps employers can take to recruit and support people with an impairment or long-term health condition in work. It also highlights the range of high...

  • Disabled people in the workplace and education - your questions answered

    Annie Mannion | 04 Nov 2019
    Our experts answer your questions about work and job interviews following our webinar about tips and tools for disabled people.

  • AbilityNet tells Commons Select Committee how tech can help disabled people in the workplace

    Mark Walker | 02 Feb 2018
    On 31 January Robin Christopherson gave evidence to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into Assistive Technology in the workplace.

  • Using technology for more inclusive recruitment

    Robin Christopherson | 03 Feb 2016
    Around 90% of jobs nowadays have some sort of technology involved. Your job might involve using a desktop computer or laptop, a telephone, cash register or some kind of handheld device such as a credit card machine. The possibilities, like the array of devices and software, are endless. Technology...

  • Everyone has potential

    Alex.Barker | 02 Feb 2016
    We get lots of calls about lots of different subjects here at AbilityNet.  However I took one last week that I thought might be worth highlighting.  A careers advisor in the south of England had a request from the local employment service regarding a client with severe dyslexia. To receive...