- From: Paul Davis <paul@ten-20.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 10:56:45 +0100
- To: "Terry Brainerd Chadwick" <tbchad@tbchad.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: <andy@ten-20.com>
Interesting point regarding unemployment, one of the sites I helped into existence was Dish, the Disability Information Service for Hertfordshire, (I still host but they now run it themselves....evolution!!) They are currently running a 2 year program called DEOS (disability employer outreach service) funded by the EEC social fund. The aim is to contact and advise potential employers on the DDA and assist with advice on what basic requirements are needed in the workplace. Also any Government help that is available to employ disabled people. The objective being to get people off state benifits, out of rehab (there are just so many wooden boxes and baskets a person wants to make!!) and into gainfull employment. http://www.dish4info.co.uk/deos/index.html I plan a commercial job agency to work along side Dish's Deos project. So DEOS having got agreement to employ disabled people, Ten-20 provides those people. I had hoped to bring in a national Job agency to administer to this, thus avoiding duplication of infastructure and costs. Brick wall here!! So my reach and development is limited to Hertfordshire and my pocket again. Oh well, so no change there then, or in my pockets! Interestingly I found in my talks with employers and disabled people there seems to be a stalemate here i.e. Large national and international employers say (no reason to doubt them) no disabled people apply for advertised postions, and the disabled people say they are fed up with knock backs because they are disabled. I hope to snaffle jobs before they are advertised and present potential employers with a list of candiates.......Is that discrimitory?!!! Lets call it positive discrimination. smiles Paul Davis -
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