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Disability Commentator & Writer

Michael McGrath is often invited to either comment on the topic of disability or to write a piece that might include insights and perspectives on experiences or subjects relating to the broad disability / inclusion agenda.

Note on inclusion – this is a term used by activist people with disabilities and other disability rights advocates for the idea that human beings should freely, openly and happily accommodate any other human being that happens to be differently-abled without question or qualification of any kind.

Inclusion goes beyond mainstreaming, the process of trying to ensure that a person with physical and/or mental divergences from the mainstream is put alongside those without such differences, in the hope that each will adapt to and learn about the other.


Note on disability – when looking at for example global Fortune 500 companies or FTSE 100 businesses, disability is now an established element of excellent HR practice, usually as part of a wider strategic diversity plan.

Organisations that are confident in this area have accountability and shared commitment, robust policy foundations, a real and defined focus on inclusive behaviours and cultures, an open collaborative style that actively engages with disabled consumers and a strong commercial plan that aims to provide accessible services and products.


 

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Click on the images below to read some examples of recently published editorial
features written by Michael McGrath – many more have been published online:

     

 

Institute of Hospitality (Management Journal): leading professional body for the 
hospitality industry

  

Caterer and Hotelkeeper
Reed Business Information
No.1 weekly magazine for the hospitality industry

 

THE FACTS 

  • As the EU population gets older, the incidence of disability will increase and become a significant economic part of the population 
  • Statistics show you are either going to die young or acquire a disability in later life 
  •  In 2010 (just one year away), about 40% of the UK population will be over 45 years old, the age at which the incidence of disability increases exponentially 
  • 2% of the UK's working-age population becomes disabled every year 
  • 78% of disabled people acquire their impairment aged 16 or older 
  • A UK graduate with a work-limiting disability is more likely to want to work than an unqualified person with no disability 
  • 6% of first-class honour degrees are gained by students known to have a disability 
  • The employment rate for disabled people has risen from 38% to 48% in the past 10 years. But it is far behind the 74% of working-aged adults in jobs in the UK. The Government wants to improve this 
  • 10% of Europe's 457 million population is disabled - that's nine times Denmark's population and five times Belgium's

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