Episode 15: Employment, Disability and Changing a Culture of Discrimination

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Finding work and having a disability is hard.

No like, it's really hard.

In this episode, Susan talks to Phat Ngo, Employment Service Manager for SCIA's EmployAbility Service and Dominika Jachym, EmployAbility's Employment Coach about the obvious misconceptions of disability and employment, how that feeds into the hesitation a lot of employers have when hiring someone with a disability, how employers can better themselves to be a more inclusive workplace, help people with disabilities climb the career ladder and how COVID has forced people to start looking at what employment means in a different light.

Information about what we've discussed in the episode:

EmployAbility: https://employability.org.au/

Disability Gateway: https://www.disabilitygateway.gov.au/

Job Access - Driving Disability Employment: https://www.jobaccess.gov.au/home

Credits
This episode has been written, produced and edited by Susan Wood with assistance by Cobie Ann Moore and Michelle Kearney. Logo art by Cobie Ann Moore.

Spinal Cord Injuries Australia is a for-purpose organisation that supports people with a spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions. For more information about our supports and services, visit our Resource Hub at https://bit.ly/ResourceHubSCIA.

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Spinal Cord Injuries Australia is a for-purpose organisation that supports people with a spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions. For more information about our supports and services, visit our Resource Hub at https://scia.org.au/resources/resource-hub/.