Join us to create employment opportunities for people with a disability
1 in 5 people in Australia have disability
Yet only half of those, who are of working age, have secured employment
People with disability experience more barriers to employment than people without – we think this is unacceptable
Real life stories from some of our team members
Position Paper
Read our Position Paper to learn more about the barriers people with disability face and what Life Without Barriers is doing to create an inclusive and accessible workplace.
Our Commitment
Read our Commitment to people with disability.
What are the barriers to employment faced by people with disability?
Discrimination
The biggest issue people with disability face is discrimination during the recruitment phase as well as in the workplace, which is largely through unconscious bias.
What you can do
Join our campaign to create employment without barriers.
Challenge what you think you know and unconscious bias
Become educated about the value of employment without barriers
- Download our campaign resources to create an inclusive workplace
Poor understanding of the rights of people with disability
People with disability have both legal and moral rights, and yet often this is not known or understood, which means their rights are not met – or worse, breached!
What you can do
Know and understand the rights people with disability have and promote their rights to build a more accessible, more inclusive community.
Australia is a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Learn moreThe Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth), which makes disability discrimination unlawful in Australia
Learn morePromote the rights of people with disability and build a more accessible, more inclusive community
Visit Australian Human Rights Commission Guides
Lack of job availability
Despite unemployment being relatively low at 7% (December 2020), there is very little marketing of jobs to people with a disability to encourage them to seek out great employment and to feel welcomed in the workspace.
What you can do
The next time you advertise for a job, think about how you can encourage people with disability to consider the role
Make sure your recruitment process is open and inclusive
Check out Life Without Barriers’ recruitment opportunities
Visit our careers section
Joblife Employment provides highly-personalised support for people with disability, or people with an injury, who are returning to work. Connect with Joblife, to find your next employee.
Lack of assistance with job seeking
Because of the barriers people with disability face, they experience more hardship when looking for job opportunities and insufficient support to sustain employment in a way that they feel included and valued in the workplace.
What you can do
Be a champion employer for people with disability. In order to change the experiences of people with disability across Australia, we all need to join together and positively influence the experiences people with disability have in their search for work.
Difficulty in accessing skills training and education
People with disability are just like every other job seeker and employee and may require support and training.
What you can do
Challenge some of your own assumptions and talk with candidates about what they might need in the same way you engage all other potential candidates!
Workplace flexibility
While many workplaces now have flexible work arrangements, they may not fully consider the needs of people with disability – both physical and wellbeing needs.
What you can do
Think about what else you can do to ensure your workplace is fully accessible and inclusive. Often this starts with a simple and positive conversation like, “What can we do to make your workplace environment comfortable for you”.
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At Life Without Barriers, our doors are always open to people with disability. We are proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Recruiter through the Australian Network on Disability (AND). This means we are unequivocally committed to ensuring our recruitment and selection processes are accessible to people with disability. Find out how you can also become a Disability Confident Recruiter.
Together, we can create employment without barriers