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| Moves to help more disabled people into the workplace | Moves to help more disabled people into the workplace |
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| A campaign to help people with disabilities get into the workplace has been launched by the UK government. | A campaign to help people with disabilities get into the workplace has been launched by the UK government. |
| It includes a plan to offer disabled young people new internships and training to help them find jobs. | |
| Ministers want firms to change their recruitment policies after government research showed employers' attitudes were a barrier to disabled people. | Ministers want firms to change their recruitment policies after government research showed employers' attitudes were a barrier to disabled people. |
| Ministers say national attitudes are changing after the success of last summer's Paralympic Games in London. | Ministers say national attitudes are changing after the success of last summer's Paralympic Games in London. |
| An advertising campaign for the initiative was unveiled in London on Thursday at a disability employment conference. | |
| The campaign will ask employers to recognise the talents that disabled people have to offer, and "challenge some of the preconceptions". | |
| Prime Minister David Cameron said: "This isn't just about doing what is right for disabled people. Employing disabled people makes business sense too. | Prime Minister David Cameron said: "This isn't just about doing what is right for disabled people. Employing disabled people makes business sense too. |
| "We need to break the myth about the complexities of employing disabled people, or to put it more simply - to give employers confidence." | "We need to break the myth about the complexities of employing disabled people, or to put it more simply - to give employers confidence." |
| As part of the new initiative a government-funded scheme will be available to 16-to-24-year-olds who have complex learning difficulties and disabilities. | |
| Youngsters who sign up for an internship, which will be run by further education colleges, will get help from expert career coaches and work for at least six months. | |
| Employers will also be given help from the same coaches and encouraged to take on disabled young people. | |
| Under these "traineeships", young people will get assistance in writing a CV, interview practice, work placements of up to five months and training in English and maths. | |
| There are nearly seven million disabled people of working age in the UK, and their employment rates have increased slightly over the past decade, from 42.2% in 2002 to 46.3% in 2012. | There are nearly seven million disabled people of working age in the UK, and their employment rates have increased slightly over the past decade, from 42.2% in 2002 to 46.3% in 2012. |
| Last year, the government announced that 27 Remploy factories, which provide employment opportunities for disabled people, were to close. | Last year, the government announced that 27 Remploy factories, which provide employment opportunities for disabled people, were to close. |
| The closures followed recommendations by an independent review into the way the government spent its disability employment budget. | The closures followed recommendations by an independent review into the way the government spent its disability employment budget. |
| It recommended that the government should divert funding to support individuals, rather than subsidising factory businesses. | It recommended that the government should divert funding to support individuals, rather than subsidising factory businesses. |