If you haven’t seen it yet, you will soon. And when you do, it’ll blow you away. It’s the ‘Superhumans’ trailer for Channel 4’s coverage of the 2016 Paralympics that comes hard on the heels of this summer’s Rio Olympic Games. Set to the Sammy Davis Jr. track Yes I Can being stunningly performed by…

Mind the gap: the step change needed to halve the disability employment gap First the good news, then the maths. The good news is the government’s unequivocal commitment to halving the disability employment gap. Now the maths. The disability employment gap currently stands at around 43 percentage points. To halve the gap means moving around…

Any opinions represented within this blog are the authors and do not represent the views of ERSA. In August, Iain Duncan Smith gave a speech regarding disability benefits and fitness for work. It was noticeable in its new emphasis on focusing on what people can do when it comes to work, not what they can’t.…