How can HR do more to support people with disabilities?

In a recent study conducted by charity Scope, two-thirds of the British public admitted to feeling uncomfortable when talking to disabled people and felt ‘awkward’ about seeming patronising or saying the wrong thing.

Chris Jay, Executive Chairman at disability awareness charity Enable Me, emphasises that it is important for firms to break the common misconception that they don’t employ people with disabilities.  

Given that 780,000 people become disabled every year, he continues, the idea that disability won’t affect an organisation is also a perception that should change.

He explains to HR Grapevine how changing perceptions through education and increased awareness is the answer for HR departments looking to do more to support workers with disabilities.