Guest Blog: Braille Signs in the Workplace
We now live in a world that’s embraced equal opportunities. There are no reasons why people who are blind visually impaired can’t do a wide variety of the jobs that are on offer in today’s business...
View ArticleUsing Stairlifts in the Workplace
This guest post is written by Henry Lane. Disabilities that leave people with restricted mobility can be devastating to their way of life. Many businesses previously wouldn’t employ someone who...
View ArticleTravelling to work – the easy way.
Many of us have problems with travel – public transport still isn’t as accessible as we would like. Today’s blog explores an alternative that enables some disabled people to travel to work without...
View ArticleAccess to Work for Self-arranged Work Experience
Evenbreak woud like you to know about current changes to Access to Work. If you have a health condition or a disability, Access to Work can provide practical and financial support to help you overcome...
View ArticleExciting and accessible holidays
We rarely post adverts on Evenbreak, but as a disabled person who finds going on holiday extremely difficult, I would like to promote Seable, a social enterprise providing holidays with a difference...
View ArticleAdmin support tips for dyslexic employees
Today, it is virtually impossible for a person to find a job that does not require some level of reading, writing, remembering, or computer use. Dyslexic adults often struggle with organisation and...
View ArticleBraille Business Cards – the easy way!
As an organisation that works in the disability field, accessibility is crucial to everything we do. At Evenbreak we go to great pains to ensure our website and job board is as accessible as it’s...
View ArticleUnusual post – Better than Bidets!
The blogs on Evenbreak, as you know, are all related to issues around disability and employment. This is an exception, and I’ve only written it on the off chance that it might be useful to readers. It...
View ArticleSociety is becoming more accepting of mobility aid users
Mobility aid users between the ages of 30 – 60 still feel the greatest stigma People who use a mobility scooter feel the greatest prejudice Decrease in those feeling unaccepted in society suggests...
View ArticleConsultation on Accessibility – NHS England
Making health and social care information accessible Launch of consultation on the draft accessible information standard NHS England has committed to the development and implementation of a new...
View ArticleChange for 2015 Disability Campaign.
This campaign is being led by Evenbreak friend and partner Disability Horizons, and I have copied their blog about it here, written by Martyn Sibley: Tell us in a one minute video a change you want to...
View ArticleUsing Social Media To Improve Your Job Search
Need money? Tick. Want a job? Tick. Can’t get a job? Tick. Well, I might be able to help you then. Take a look at the infographic just below and you might learn something. It’s a surprising little...
View ArticleWhy the opinion of disabled people matters to researchers
Maya Middlemiss of Saros Research explains why it is so important that researchers include the views of disabled people: Saros Research is the UK’s main portal that qualitative researchers and user...
View ArticleHow UK airports are improving their disabled facilities
Today Will Davies of Fubra talks about accessibility within UK airports: With the Disabled Air Passengers’ Rights Regulation being put into practice back in 2008 and the number of special assistance...
View ArticleWhat to look out for when buying furniture for disabled people
A recent open letter published by blogger Samantha Cleasby served to highlight something which often gets overlooked in modern day society: the plight of those with disabilities. While Cleasby, who...
View ArticleChanging Facilities – where are they?
Today’s blog on the vital topic of finding changing facilities has been written for Evenbreak by Will Davies. Photograph courtesy of the Changing Places Consortium For many years, people with very...
View ArticleHow to find the confidence to re-enter the workplace
To be disabled in the workplace is to have to prove yourself more than anyone else in the room. Despite increasing awareness of the challenges faced by those with a disability, the number of places...
View ArticleThe disabled-friendly property challenge: What is the government doing about it?
11 million people in the UK are disabled – that’s 1 in 14 people. Whilst many of us have reason to complain about estate agents, it seems as though disabled people may have more reason than most. A...
View ArticleCAA help passengers with hidden disabilities
Civil Aviation Authority, who work with Evenbreak to attract disabled candidates, have issued new guidelines on making air travel more accessible for passengers with hidden disabilities. New CAA...
View ArticleHow to Refurbish an Office to Suit Disabled Employees
A guest blog around ensuring the office is accessible for disabled employees: A Disability is neither an inability nor a personal choice. It can be as a result of heredity factors, pre-birth issues...
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