Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training

If a person with a disability is the best person for the job then the employer must make workplace modifications or "workplace adjustments" if that person needs them to perform the essential activities of the job. (Source: Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission website, March 2004).

Students and Graduates with a disability CAN and DO get the jobs they want. There are various resources below that will assist students and graduates address some of the challenges they may encounter. Such as;

• their rights and responsibilities when looking for work and once they are employed.
• Whether or not to disclose their disability
• know what skills and knowledge are needed when looking for a job
• know what employment resources, services or support are available, and

University students who have a disability or ongoing medical condition and who have completed at least one year of their course, can also choose to participate in the Willing & Able Mentoring Program (WAM). WAM is a national program which matches tertiary students with Mentors in organisations in the students' fields of interest for a series of approximately six to eight 1 to 2-hour discussion meetings.

There is help available to pay for the cost of workplace adjustments or solutions needed to accommodate a worker with disability in a job.  While the majority of workers with disability won't require any workplace modifications, the Employment Assistance Fund aims to make accommodating employees with disability in your workplace easier.

Top Careers Resources.....

• Careers for Graduates with Disability
• Career Moves
• MyFuture

Top Employment Resources ....

• Job Services Australia (JSA)
• JobAccess
• Centrelink
• CRS Australia
• Disability Employment Services (DES)
• Job Search: DES providers