Research uncovers public attitudes to learning disability employment…
Mencap has discovered that more than half (52 per cent) of the public say they would prefer to work for a company that employs people with a learning disability. Launched to coincide with the Learning Disability Work Experience Week — created in partnership with Inclusive Employers – the charity’s new research consisting of 2,095 ‘online panelists’ found 62 per cent of the public said they have never worked […]
New NAS campaign to showcase untapped autistic talent…
In response to a recent survey of 2,000 autistic adults concluding that just 32 per cent are in some kind of paid work compared to 47 per cent of disabled people, the National Autistic Society (NAS) has launched a new campaign encouraging employers to recruit more autistic employees; as well as calling on the government […]
