The government has released their Autumn White Paper concerning disabilities. Helping people like myself stay in work or find new work.
I want to work but now I have to face a new set of challenges with my Osteoarthritis. The biggest challenge is making people believe you are sick and have illnesses that stop you working.
But doctors take it very seriously when issuing a sick note. People think it's so easy to get a sick note from a doctor or the sick person is lying not to work.
Many people like myself want to work. With the change in the working environment after covid proved working from home remotely or in a hybrid environment helps people still be a part of the workforce.
People with disabilities are different and might need to make changes to their needs to help them work. Now with technology it is easy to work from home but now what is needed is the advancement of retraining and learning for a new job.
For many this is the problem, money courses online are expensive. With the growing concern of benefits and then sanctions placed on people if they do not follow their commitments.
But this isn't so easy living with illness and health conditions. You don't know when a flare up is going to happen or a mental health issue might become worse.
The only thing that will help people to overcome this issue is empathy and understanding. For employees and employers to work together. It is now down to the government and DWP to ensure that people with disabilities are treated equally to the law and disability law is followed.
People with disabilities are not the problem. It's ideas that people believe that are pushed in print and on social media using misinformation.
To combat this, a clear idea has to be set with transparency with the government and not be forced to do jobs we cannot do.
You can read it here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-support-the-health-and-disability-white-paper/transforming-support-the-health-and-disability-white-paper#
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