Disabled jobseeker: ‘All I want is for someone to have faith in me’
Amrit’s blind and fears she’ll go through life never having worked, because no-one will take her on. …
The government wants to see one million more disabled people in work in the next five years.
But the disability employment gap remains stubbornly high – only about 50% of disabled people are in work, compared to 80% of non-disabled people.
Amrit Dhaliwal is blind and has been applying for jobs for the past five years.
But she’s come up against many barriers – including being told by one organisation she can’t even volunteer there because their office “isn’t safe” for a blind person.
Video by Nikki Fox, Katie Inman and David Cheeseman.
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