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Disability discrimination still rife
While attitudes towards workers with learning disabilities have been revealed as poor according to a new survey, the Association for Higher Education Access and Disability (Ahead) has urged employers to consider the talents of those with disabilities. A poll of 1,000 adults by disability insurer Unum revealed that only a third of people were satisfied with attitudes towards mental disabilities. Under half of respondents were happy with their company's methods for tackling bullying at work. Joanne Hindle at Unum said: "It's against the law for an employer to discriminate against an employee because of their race, religion, gender, sexuality or a disability." "It is extremely disappointing to see that discrimination towards those with mental or physical disabilities appears to be so acutely felt by employees." "Both physical and mental disability must come out of the fringes and into mainstream discussion if attitudes to disability are to change." Despite this, Ahead has urged the uptake of people with disabilities as an unrecognised pool of talent. Ahead found that 60 per cent of graduates with disabilities get jobs although 80 per cent find it necessary to hide their disability at the application process. Ahead chairperson Ann Heelan said at a conference: "The face of disability is changing. Employers need to wake up to this emerging source of talent."
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