Careers & Employability works closely with the Disability and Mental Health teams within the Dean of Students to ensure all students have access to organisations and events specific to their needs. The list of resources quoted below is in now way comprehensive.

Those requiring wheelchair access are advised to approach via the main walkway. The building was designed for disabled access with our own lift and automatic door, so please ring our doorbell if you experience any difficulty with our entrance.

Inevitably, some reference files and take-away materials may be not easily physically accessible to students with disabilities so Careers staff try to compensate for these difficulties by providing a personal service.

If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to ask.

Links

• Access to Work
• Shaw Trust has linked up with All About Careers, a social careers information website for young people.
• Prospects information for those with a disability
• Prospects information on funding for students with disabilities
• Diversity Milkround 
• Action for Blind People careers information and support for blind and partially-sited jobseekers
• Papworth Trust has a programme dedicated to assisting graduates with disabilities into employment.

Many of the following organisations have their main offices in London and a lot of them offer employment services in other areas of the UK:

• Blind in Business
• The Employers' Forum on Disability focusses on disability in the workplace.
• Independent Living 
• Skill develop schemes with employers to create job opportunities for visually impaired graduates.
• Ouch BBC site for people with disabilities
• Shaw Trust offers training, work experience and placements.
• SCOPE offers a range of services for disabled people and employers aimed at improving all aspects of the working environment.
• British Deaf Association home of the largest UK Deaf organisation run by deaf people for deaf people.
• Dyslexia Action  national charity and the UK's leading provider of services and support for people with dyslexia and literacy difficulties.
• AbilityNet national charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
• EmployAbility (not to be confused with UEA EmployAbility) not-for-profit organisation assisting people with all disabilities into employment.
• Motability Operations runs a scholarship programme for students with a disability, with a summer placement programme.
• Norwich Mind
• Stand to Reason
• Lexxic - Adult Dyslexia Consultancy
• Remploy

The Equal Opportunities section on Prospects is very useful. There are sections covering: disability, ethnic minorities, gender, mature students, offenders, political and ethical issues, refugees and asylum seekers, sexuality and sexual orientation, social and class issues, transsexual and transgender issues. Each contains information on the law (including recent and imminent changes to legislation), marketing yourself and finding positive employers. Case studies, sample CVs and lists of resources are also included.