Reading and Resources
- Myths and Facts
- Why employ people with disability
- Employability Skills
- Job Access
- National Disability Recruitment Coordinator
- Disability Employment Services
- Occupational Health and Safety
- The Business Case
- Employer Incentives and Financial Assistance
- Building a Partnership
- Legislation: Disability Discrimination Act (1992)
- Language & Communication
- About Disability Employment Australia
- Acknowledgements
- Video Resources
- Connecting with Employers via Social Media
Myths and Facts
Myth:
People with disability always need expensive and high tech equipment. I can't afford that for my business.
Fact:
Simple and inexpensive devices are often the most fundamental in helping people with disability live and work to their full potential. Assistive devices can be as simple as a desk with adjustable height, or keeping a pen and paper at a service counter to communicate with a person who is deaf or hard of hearing.
Myth:
People with disability have few skills and can't or don't want to work.
Fact:
The ABS reports that over a million Australians with all sorts of disabilities are already in the workforce. Australians with disability work, pay taxes, purchase products and services and go on holidays.
(Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Ageing, Disability & Carers Report 2009)
Myth:
My workers' compensation premiums will skyrocket - I can't afford it!
Fact:
An Australian Government review of research found that workers with disability are no more likely to be injured at work than other employees.
(Source: Are People with Disability at Risk at Work? A review of the evidence. Australian Safety and Compensation Council, 2007)
