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UK DISABILITY HISTORY MONTH 2024

Disability Livelihood and Employment
14th November to 20th December 2024

Disability has been seen for many years as synonymous with non-employment or
unemployment.

This of course is not true. Disabled people have always sought a means of
surviving whether in begging, employment or on welfare or charity. Recently the
number of disabled people in the UK workforce has increased

Since 2013, the earliest comparable year (see ‘What you need to know’), up to
the start of the pandemic (March 2020) the general trend in disability
employment was positive. There had been strong growth in the number and rate of
disabled people in employment and a narrowing of the gap between the rate of
disabled and non-disabled people in employment (the disability employment gap).

The pandemic initially reversed these trends with year-on-year changes showing a
fall in the disability employment rate and a widening of the disability
employment gap in 2020. The latest quarterly data for April to June 2023 shows
that since the same quarter in 2019 the rate has increased by 1.0 percentage
point 

There were 5.1 million disabled people in employment in the UK in Q2 2023. This
is an increase of 320,000 on the year and an overall increase of 2.2 million
since the same quarter in 2013

The disability employment rate was 53.6% in Q2 2023, compared to 82.5% for
non-disabled people. For disabled people, there is an increase of 0.6 percentage
points on the year and an overall increase of 10.0 percentage points since the
same quarter in 2013.

The disability unemployment rate was 7.1% in Q2 2023, compared to 3.5% for
non-disabled people. For disabled people, this is an increase of 0.4 percentage
points from last year and an overall decrease of 6.4 percentage points since the
same quarter in 2013.

In times of war when non disabled men have gone to fight more disabled workers
were recruited in 1914–18 and 1939–45 this has led to disabled workers being
part of the reserve army of labour.

In the last 30 years both legislation and trade unions have been more supportive
of disabled workers.

Protection from discrimination in hiring, promotion, training and dismissal and
a duty of reasonable adjustment have improved the work situation of disabled
people.

In the past heavy industry like mining, steel-making and construction have had a
high rate of accidents leading to more disabled workers. Depending on organised
labour’s strength some have been able to accommodate these workers on light
duties.

Health and safety legislation has also made work safer.

Modern high tech work can be carried out by a much wider range of employees as
it does not require physical strength or stamina and modern patterns of flexible
and home working allow a greater number of disabled people to work.

Stereotypes, barriers and prejudices still impact differentially on disabled
people with different impairments. Those with Autism, Mental Health issues,
Intellectual impairments and visual impairments still have much higher rates of
non-employment.

In 2024 UKDHM will collect together a variety of resources to demonstrate the
above and develop a range of educational resources to inform students on the
factors influencing the employment of disabled people now and in the past  to
illuminate a more equitable way forward.

Are you a member of a trade union? Download a leaflet here to inform others
about disabled people’s struggle in the workplace.

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