People with learning disabilities ‘shut out of work’ by poor recruitment processes

Charity says online-only application forms and formal interviews are ‘closing the door’ on an untapped talent pool of 1.5 million

Inaccessible job applications are preventing nearly three in 10 people with a learning disability from finding employment, according to research by the UK’s leading learning disability charity.

Mencap, which surveyed 1,625 adults with a learning disability from across the UK, discovered that 29 per cent of unemployed working age adults with a learning disability found it difficult to fill in application forms, preventing them from getting a paid job.

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