Specific disabilities

Resources

Specific Learning Difficulties (e.g. Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD)

• National Autistic Service - https://www.autism.org.uk/about/adult-life/work.aspx
• British Dyslexia Association (BDA) - https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/dyslexic/in-work
  The BDA have created a resource with useful information about disclosing Dyslexia to an employer and the support that may be available in the workplace.
• The Dyspraxia Foundation - https://dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/dyspraxia-adults/workplace-employees/
  The Dyspraxia Foundation have created a resource with useful information about disclosing Dyspraxia to an employer and the support that may be available in the workplace.
• ADDitude - https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-at-work-time-wasters-and-productivity-killers/
  An article which aims to create awareness of common distractions experienced in the workplace by people with ADHD and suggestions on how to manage these distractions.
• CHADD - https://chadd.org/for-adults/workplace-issues/
  Another website aiming to raise awareness of potential challenges faced by people with ADHD in the workplace and strategies that may help. This is an American website so information regarding the legal responsibilities of employers does not apply to UK students. Please refer to UK specific information on your rights as an employee - https://www.gov.uk/browse/disabilities/work.

 Hearing Impairments

• Action on Hearing Loss (formerly the RNID) - http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/live-well/everyday-life/support-in-the-work-place/
  Information about your rights and the potential support available to you in the workplace and advice on how to speak to your employer about your hearing loss.
• DeafPlus (available in certain locations in the UK) - http://www.deafplus.org/what-we-do/information-advice/
  DeafPlus are a charity who aim to create an accessible world for (D)deaf people with barriers to participation removed.
• Deaf Unity - https://deafunity.org/deaf-unity-projects/deaf-careers/employment-support-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing/
  Advice on career and employment support for people with hearing impairments

Visual Impairment

• RNIB - https://www.rnib.org.uk/information-everyday-living/work-and-employment
  The RNIB have created a number of resources and fact sheets to provide advice on all aspects of work including looking for work and support and benefits that may be available to you to help you find and stay in work.
• Blind in Business - https://www.blindinbusiness.org.uk/
  Blind in Business aims to help graduates with visual impairments in to work by providing help, support and training and by removing barriers to success.

Physical Disabilities

• Scope - https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/talking-to-employer-about-disability
  Advice on when and how to disclose a disability to an employer and the support that may be available to you in the workplace.
• Muscular Dystrophy UK - https://www.musculardystrophyuk.org/get-the-right-care-and-support/entitlements/support-work/
  Advice and support for people with muscle-wasting conditions seeking work.
• Changing Faces - https://www.changingfaces.org.uk/adviceandsupport/self-help/adults/applying-for-jobs
  Advice on disclosure and support for anyone who has a scar, mark or condition on their face or body that makes them look differently.

Unseen Disabilities and Long-Standing Medical Conditions

• British Stammering Association - https://www.stammering.org/help-information/topics/work
  Resources for people who stammer and for potential employers.
• Tourette’s Action - https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/resource-28-factsheet---work--ts.html
  Guidance on employment for people with Tourette Syndrome.
• MS Society - https://www.mssociety.org.uk/care-and-support/everyday-living/working-and-ms
  Advice on the support available in the workplace and resources to help you manage Multiple Sclerosis when you are working.
• Macmillan Cancer Support - https://www.macmillan.org.uk/information-and-support/organising/work-and-cancer/information-for-employees
• Maggie’s - https://www.maggiescentres.org/cancerlinks/living-cancer/money-work-and-travel/employment-advice/
• Epilepsy Action - https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/employment
  Advice on looking for and staying in work and your rights at work if you have Epilepsy.
• Epilepsy Society - https://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/work-employment-and-epilepsy
  Advice on looking for and staying in work and your rights at work if you have Epilepsy.
• Young Epilepsy - https://www.youngepilepsy.org.uk/for-young-people/epilepsy-and-me/will-epilepsy-hold-me-back-in-my-career.html
  Young Epilepsy provide a dedicated, confidential helpline to advise on choosing a career if you have Epilepsy.
• Versus Arthritis - https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/living-with-arthritis/work/
  Advice on the support available in the workplace and resources to help you manage Arthritis when you are working.
• Action for ME - https://www.actionforme.org.uk/living-with-me/managing-work/employment-support/
  Advice on the support available in the workplace and resources to help you manage ME when you are working.
• National AIDS Trust - https://www.nat.org.uk/sites/default/files/online-guides/Jul_2012_HIV%40Work_advice_for_employees_living_with_HIV-1_0.pdf
  Advice on disclosure and support for employees living with HIV and AIDS.
• Diabetes UK - https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/life-with-diabetes/employment
  Advice on employment equality and managing Diabetes in the workplace.
• British Heart Foundation - https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/support/health-and-emotional-support/telling-work
  Advice on disclosing a heart condition to employers.