The Royal Commission has published its Report on Public hearing 21, which was held in February last year. The hearing examined the experiences of people with disability engaging with the Disability Employment Services (DES) program. It focused on Mzia (not her real name) who has ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).
A Royal Commission has been examining the experiences of people with a disability since it was established in April 2019. The Commissioners have now released a report on a disability employment program they say failed to provide appropriate support.
When it comes to navigating employment supports for people with intellectual disability, it can be hard to know where to start. The Everyone Can Work website is for people with intellectual disability, their families and supporters. It brings together information about Australian Government employment supports, the lived experience of families and people with intellectual disability, and current research about employment for people with intellectual disability in Australia.
“It’s no longer a question of whether it’s necessary, but how to achieve the best impact,” Gorriti says. “Firms who embrace inclusivity with people-centric cultures and accessible spaces will become future employers of choice and outperform others by attracting the best talent.”
An overhaul of the federal government’s controversial Disability Employment Service (DES) could see people with disabilities given more power to rank their job providers.
The European Space Agency on Wednesday named the first ever “parastronaut” in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space.
The Field has been created by people with disability. It’s a job board to disrupt the employment landscape. for people with disability, finding the right job has never been so accessible. Craft your brand with flexible resume types, take virtual tours of organisations and check out suggestions from the AI job matching algorithm. For employers, start by levelling up opportunities for everyone, and be equipped to showcase your organisation’s commitment to championing equity and inclusivity. Register on the Field, and engage with a huge pool of talent, simplify the process of inclusive employment, and diversify and upskill your workforce.
Today, Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott AO launched a new job site designed to connect people with disability to inclusive employers. Called The Field, the website has been designed and led by people with disability and aims to remove accessibility barriers present in other jobseeking sites.
The rate of employment of people with disability in Australia has remained stagnant for decades. As a country, we need to do more. We know employment and economic participation are good for an individual’s self-esteem, health and financial independence. IncludeAbility is an initiative developed to increase meaningful employment opportunities for people with disability, and to close the gap in workforce participation between people with disability and people without disability.
People on the national disability insurance scheme who want to work will be connected with a disability employment services provider under a trial to be established by the Albanese government.
“The NDIS is far from perfect but increasing the involvement of Disability Employment Services providers can only make things worse. DES has been failing disabled people for as long as it’s existed,” O’Connell said. “Pushing a failed industry on people discriminated against and excluded from the labour market because of our disabilities won’t get us jobs but it will expose us to harm.”
Given those with partial capacity to work cannot work full-time, many still rely on welfare payments and even if they do find work, they would still benefit from an increase to the base rate or changes to the income taper thresholds.
There have been calls at the Jobs and Skills Summit to boost participation of people with disabilities in the workforce.
Australian of the Year and tennis champion Dylan Alcott has called on employers to hire more people with disabilities in a passionate speech at the Jobs and Skills Summit.
Australia’s first university chancellor who identifies as having a disability says things have improved since the days when his law studies revolved around whatever resources he could obtain in Braille or reel-to-reel audio tape. “I had a smaller range of material,” said lawyer and disability advocate Graeme Innes, who was born blind. “My challenge was that I had to know that material better than other students who could research more broadly than I could.”