Information for Students & Graduates with disabilities
Disclosure
Whether or not to “tell” about your disability is one of the most common questions we get asked. We have produced a guide on this issue which you can order from us or download here.
Grants
Many students will receive some form of support while in college and you may be keen to receive a similar support in the workplace. There are a number of grants aimed at facilitating these supports. Most of them come through FÁS and you can find out more about them by clicking the following link: (FÁS Allowances and Grants)
Discrimination
The Employment Equality Act prohibits discrimination in areas such as advertising, pay, access to employment, vocational training work experience and promotion terms and conditions of employment. An employer is obliged to take appropriate measures to enable a person who has a disability: to have access to employment, to participate or advance in employment, to undertake training, unless the measures would impose a disproportionate burden on the employer. It is worth being familiar with the basic aspects of this piece of legislation. For more information check out the Equality Authority website link
Career Advice
Firstly, your college usually has a careers service and it is well worth contacting them for advice. The GET AHEAD section of this website also contains information and resources which you may find useful. However, we are not careers experts and will usually refer people to other resources for this.
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