Sentence examples for barriers disabled from inspiring English sources

If we are going to halve the disability employment gap, we need to remove the barriers disabled people still face when finding, staying in and progressing in work,"  said Mark Atkinson, the organisation's interim chief executive.

The party will call for reform that also looks at the barriers disabled people face when looking for work, rather than simply assessing whether someone is capable or not of working.

While there is no scope to influence the content of the assessment, the contract gives us a chance to work directly with the healthcare professionals who deliver it, improving their understanding of the practicalities of living with an impairment or a long-term condition and the barriers disabled people face.

The evidence is still very limited, however, and more research is needed to explore the non-disability barriers for disabled women, particularly the effects of abusive partner behaviour.

Oliveira remarked afterwards on the contrast between the huge cheers at the start for Pistorius, who has done so much already to break down the barriers between disabled and non-disabled sport, and the silence when his name was announced.

Not only was he a very good athlete, says Garrett, one who broke down the barriers between disabled and non-disabled sport, he was a good-looking young man full of vitality, ready to take on the world.

The DWP is currently encouraging employers to increase their understanding of disability and to remove barriers to disabled people getting promoted at work, through the Disability Confident campaign.

Definitions and measures of disability should also incorporate contextual dimensions which may enable or act as barriers to disabled children's participation and human rights [ 6- 9].

More institutional investments are necessary to remove the barriers that disabled people face, from access to buildings and transport to extra training in the workplace.

In a study we at v-shesh conducted with the Accion Centre for Financial Inclusion (CFI), we found the attitude of MFI loan officers and the wider community are the biggest barriers to disabled clients accessing microfinance.

Shelaine Green, chairwoman of the Guernsey Disability Alliance, said: "John is a true 'man of the people' who has Asperger syndrome himself and therefore has a deep personal understanding of the barriers that disabled islanders face, particularly when it comes to having to overcome the attitudes of others".