Disabled workers rate highly

Disabled workers rate highly: "Research has shown workers with disabilities to be reliable, hard working and loyal, yet many employers in the Limestone Coast still file their job applications in the ‘too-hard basket’.

The unemployment rate of people with disabilities in the Limestone Coast in 2006 was 11.3pc; well above the general unemployment rate of 4.9pc for the region.

Resources for education are readily available and so are services for job placements; adaptive technology has improved and government incentives are in place.

Why then are disabled workers still struggling to find work?

“Public perception is the biggest barrier,” said employment access provider Uniting Care Wesley coordinator Penny Richardson.

“There is a stigma about disabilities in Mount Gambier in particular and a misunderstanding of the conditions of disabled people."

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