Written evidence from Name Withheld (DEG0014)

I am responding to your call for evidence through Scope, the disability equality charity. I want to share my experiences of the barriers I've faced in work and what can be improved to help disabled people in the future.

I've answered two questions below as part of your call for evidence.

What extra support would you benefit from in work? Or what would you change about existing support on offer?

Get more employers to look at disabled people as able workers.  Give them a chance to show what they can do, over 50s find so much harder.  We can learn new skills . I find a lot of employers  see my stick and think I will be no use. I am a very able and useful woman  in the environment.  I want to be able to contribute to the economy as well as raise my  self esteem.

December 2020