‘Disability’ label spells career death

A new study from Warwick University reveals just how much stigma is still attached to disability amongst private sector employers.

Researchers collected the experiences of managers, disabled and non-disabled employees and staff representatives from 260 private sector and English local authorities. They found that disabled people working in the private sector were often unwilling to declare themselves as disabled because it would mean ‘career death’.

They also experienced a contradiction between corporate policy and organisational practice which led to a significant degree of cynicism about their employers’ commitment to dversity.

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