“They don’t give real work.” What is wrong with the employment of people with disabilities. Barriers in the field of employment and equalization of opportunities

According to Lina, Ukraine should develop a media information program that will explain to employers about people with disabilities. The activist notes that these should not only be slogans with pictures, but step-by-step instructions.

“In Ukraine, there is such a cool initiative as Inclusive Friendly – an organization that is engaged in training businesses and state-owned companies on how a space for people with disabilities should be arranged. They implement inclusiveness. If there were more such organizations, then the business would adapt faster.”– adds Lina.

The activist notes that people with disabilities may also have non-obvious needs, such as a place or a room to relax.

‍“For me, for example, as a person with a prosthesis, in the heat I just need to remove the prosthesis for a few minutes so that the leg can breathe. But all these aspects must be discussed with the employer in a dialogue”says the woman.

Summing up, Lina noted that the more socially friendly businesses there are that will attract people with disabilities to work, the faster society will stop isolating them.

We will remind you that earlier we wrote about barriers at the level of perception, as well as obstacles at the level of receiving services and physical access.

The material was created within the framework of the Empower Ukraine project with the financial support of the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (GFFO), CBM and the European Forum for Persons with Disabilities. The views expressed in the publication belong to their authors and cannot be considered the position of the financial partners.