ONS: Employment of Disabled People 2021

"As a disabled person, the recruitment and employment experience is still inferior in 2021. Job advertisements are often not written to be inclusive for neurodivergent people and recruiters still don't consider accessibility as standard when designing a role or workplace. 15 percent of people are disabled and yet we still have a substantial disability employment gap and disability pay gap. We can't even measure these accurately because many disabled people are too scared of stigma or discrimination to declare their disability at work. There is a very long way to go and all employers and policy makers should be making inclusion and accessibility a priority."

"With the taboo around disability fading, it is great to see employers adopting more inclusive recruitment methods, although there is still a lot more work to be done. This latest data is promising but there is still an employment gap to address. That said, it has been brilliant to see many new disability specialist recruitment companies starting up in the past 12 months. That shows we are moving in the right direction as a society."