Would I be supported now?’ Stephen Hawking asks – ITV News – May 31, 2015 http://ow.ly/OhlHk

Countless professionals with disabilities are poor or are on limited incomes. Some are on some type of disability income and/or disability/health benefits. Often disability income comes way below the poverty line. Other professionals with disabilities are living off savings and have n

A human resource professional told me that my skills would be in high demand when the baby boomers begin to retire.

Going on social and disability assistance was humiliating and demeaning. As a professional, many of my clients were on disability assistance. Their fear and unease of applying and being on assistance was always prominent in my mind through the stories that they told me. I had been une

A government position for a disability information officer position would regularly become vacant. When it did, the position would be advertised encouraging applicants with disabilities to apply. However, for this position, this government department was known not to interview applica

Before I became disabled, I was getting called in on a regular basis for interviews by an employer who had a general job applicant inventory.

One reason why I do not always give my references ahead of time for job interviews (unless asked) is because on 2 separate occasions that I know of, employers have phoned up a reference before even meeting me to ask if I had a disability. These employers believed I did as my applicati

A good portion of people with disabilities have gone through enough workplace readiness/job search programs that they can probably teach them, and this was also true for me. I participated in a job finding club program for people who have university degrees. Again, I was helping other

I find people with disabilities who do not live independently are not capable of taking on responsibility or being effective at work.” The above was a mean-spirited, unfounded, pointed remark directed at a professional colleague with a disability who was not living independently