Disability and employment

Trade Board records can give us a rare glimpse into the experiences and treatment of individual workers with disabilities or chronic illness in the early 20th century. The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick has an online collection

Also this Social History Society blog post from a few years ago by Andy Holroyde, University of Huddersfield, on the history of Remploy. Remploy was established by the British Government to provide sheltered employment – a term used to denote workplaces dedicated to employing disabled people in an environment ‘sheltered’ from the competitive pressures of the open employment market.

Trade union reports and information on disability and the workplace. Covers rights at work with guides for union reps and advisors.

Up to date data sets on the labour market status of disabled people are available from the Office for National Statistics. These also link to older materials enabling the tracing of trends

The Buckland Review of Autism Employment: report and recommendations is available here.

Disabled people in employment 2024 is a House of Commons Library paper briefing paper. Gives facts , statistics and links to recent reports on the current situation.