Cinclusion of Graduates with ND in the Workplace

[catwoman]

Dear all, I have handed in my dissertation

Here is my conclusion. Which is hardly surprising to anyone on this list.

The hypothesis of this dissertation was to establish whether graduates with ND experience higher levels of unemployment or occupy lower paid jobs relative to their level of ability compared with NT graduates. This survey suggests that they do.

While some ND graduates had ordinary reasons such as pregnancy or short term contracts for leaving their first job, there is conclusive qualitative evidence to suggest that graduates with ND are not as successful as NT graduates. Issues which would not affect NT graduates but are unique to ND graduates include being sacked from their jobs or bullied due to lack of organisation. Awareness training of ND in the university careers service, job centres, for employers and the adaptation of ND-friendly job descriptions and ‘easy excellence ability’ was not covered by the DDA 1995 Part 2. 38 % of the participants had employment levels well below their ability and qualifications with their first job after leaving university. Lack of diagnosis until late adulthood was a key issue in affecting the ND graduate’s career prospects, as was lack of support in attaining independent living skills.

Although some ND graduates in the survey were not in their first job after leaving university, 38% of the sample were on an income less than £6000 or else unemployed and 70% of the sample were earning less than £15,000, well below expected graduate starting salary, even when regional variations and salary variations according to occupation are taken into consideration. Disablisim was the main discriminatory issues which could have affected the participants’ career prospects.

Therefore graduates with ND experience higher levels of unemployment or occupy lower paid jobs relative to their level of ability and qualifications than NT graduates.

Janet

[Greg]

Rather than offer a bombardment of questions, I'll ask the one easy one :P Is this going to be published as a paper anywhere?

[catwoman]

The Disability rights Commision is publishing it but im not sure what format they will use.