People with disability and employment

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The survey collected information about people with disability and employment.
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We heard that there is a large gap between how many:

  • people with disability have a paid job
  • people without a disability have a paid job.
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We also heard that an employer’s attitudes affect whether people with disability can:

  • find a job
  • keep a job.
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87% of people agreed that hiring people with disability is good for where they work.

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93% of people agreed that hiring people with disability would make where they work better.

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The survey also asked people if they had ever taken part in hiring a person with disability.
An employer shaking hands with a person with disability.

In the last 12 months, 15% of people said they had taken part in hiring a person with disability.

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And 70% of people said they had never taken part in hiring a person with disability.

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We heard that 44% of people who work in support had never hired a person with disability.

2 people who work in law.

68% of people who work in law had never hired a person with disability.

A health care worker and a teacher.

74% of people who work in health and education had never hired a person with disability.

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The survey also asked people with disability if the community’s attitudes ever stopped them from trying to:

  • find or keep a job
  • get a promotion.
An employer shaking hands with an employee. Above them is a dollar symbol with a plus symbol next to it.

A promotion can mean you are:

  • given more things to do in your job
  • paid more money.
2 people with disability giving a thumbs up. They have a speech bubble above them with a thumbs up in it.

67% of people with disability said the community’s attitudes:

  • never stopped them
  • almost never stopped them.
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52% of people with disability with high support needs said the community’s attitudes:

  • sometimes stopped them
  • always stopped them.