Tag Archive: disability

Supporting your own and others’ wellbeing

Posted 31st October 2022 at 1:34 pm

Wellbeing is of vital importance to everyone, but perhaps particularly for SME business owners, who often face disastrous consequences if they can’t stay on top of everything or need to take time off work. According to new research by Three Business, almost four in ten (39%) SME business owners say that rising costs are affecting their emotional wellbeing, and almost half (45%) say that mental health support is just as valuable to their business as financial and technological support. The days of stigma around mental health are now long gone, and there are many support services that you can reach... Read more

Facilitating Disability in the Workplace

Posted 12th August 2020 at 8:42 am

Most businesses would acknowledge the value in having a diverse team of employees, as well as a wide-ranging client base. However, when it comes to employing or interacting with someone with disabilities, often this is seen as a problem to be solved, or in extreme cases a problem that can’t be solved.   This attitude comes from the long-held view of disability as an individual deficit. Under what is now known as the ‘medical model’ of disability, the focus is on what a person can’t do, or what is ‘wrong’ with them. This may seem logical, but when we think... Read more