“If the world were truly accessible, what job would you have?”
That’s how we started our latest Members Make the Difference discussion, and the answers said a lot about the barriers we, as disabled people, face.
At Difference North East, we welcome efforts to remove barriers to employment. However, while schemes like “Working Well” provide valuable support, they don’t address the wider structural inequalities that disabled people face every day.
Read about who Mary Greaves was: a local disability rghts pioneer who deserves better recognition.
This article looks at why the Disability Confident Employer Scheme isn’t very good and it also suggests better alternatives.
Read all about Disability History Month.
Our Development Manager Claire recently won an award, but the language used left a bitter taste.
This is the story about the blue plaque commemoration of Mary Greaves, the disability activist and how North Tyneside Council got it totally wrong
Celebrate a key figure from the disability rights campaigner who lived in Whitley Bay
This explains what it’s like looking for work as a disabled person.
Some reflections on what inclusive recruitment should look like.