The Association of Disabled Professionals

The ADP's services fulfill the real need that individuals and businesses have to gain appropriate support and accessible plain English information that allows them to address the barriers they may face to full workplace inclusion.

In terms of individuals, the ADP ensures that all disabled people and people with long term health conditions can seek advice and support from another disabled person with lived experience of the working world. The ADP feels this is very important as they have learned that disabled people have a particular, specific, and really need to receive information from other disabled people about issues relating to education, employment, and training.

Examples of the issues that the ADP cover include:

• guidance on effective job hunting;
• advice on barriers or difficulties encountered whilst at work, in training, or in education;
• support with setting up in business or continuing in business with an impairment;
• advice on benefit-related issues; and
• information about approaching statutory bodies (e.g. Access to Work), educational or training establishments, and employers when difficulties arise.

In terms of businesses and other organisations, examples of issues we cover include:

• guidance on effective and accessible recruitment;
• guidance on the retention of existing employees who may develop an impairment;
• support to manage and implement reasonable adjustments; and
• advice about approaching and supporting employees about Access to Work.