<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n My concern goes beyond ensuring disabled people\u2019s rights are advocated for in the solutions. It\u2019s about recognising that disabled people have expertise of equal value that is just as crucial to the process. Why waste more time asking more non-disabled people to conjure up solutions that we\u2019ve already tried and tested? <\/p>\n No matter how many focus groups you hold with disabled people, you won\u2019t get the depth of expertise needed to get into the heart of the analysis or reform workplaces to be more inclusive. We have decades of experience of what works in the workplace across multiple industries and hundreds of types of disability, impairment and illness. Centre them in the solutions.<\/p>\n And then there\u2019s the whole fit-note system. The Doctors\u2019 Association<\/a> has already raised concerns on other government suggestions, particularly around work advisers<\/a> going into GP surgeries.<\/p>\n The devil is in the details. This report is a pathway, a direction of change and all the details come in later. But when you\u2019ve got a dynamic where disabled people aren\u2019t at the table to shape that change, only being consulted, it speaks volumes.<\/p>\n It\u2019s already limiting its potential to make real lasting change.\u00a0The vanguard group must have a representative from the disabled community to bring solutions to the table. We have that knowledge and expertise. We\u2019ve been named in the report as having equal responsibility, so let us have an equal role in providing the solutions.<\/p>\n Claire Fisher is disability rights advocate at Inclusion Barnet, a dynamic peer-led disability organisation based in North London with a national reach through its Campaign for Disability Justice<\/a>, of<\/strong> which Fisher is head of strategic communications.<\/strong><\/p>\n Do you have a story to tell or opinions to share about this?\u00a0Get in touch and tell us more<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Change a vendor\u2019s life this Christmas.<\/strong><\/p>\n Buy from your local Big Issue vendor every week \u2013 or support online with a\u00a0vendor support kit<\/a>\u00a0or a\u00a0subscription<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and help people work their way out of poverty with dignity.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a fear among employers about what to do and how to do it, and a fear among…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,2781,347,179817,3374,393,4884,13975,11525,1144,391,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-564978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-department-for-work-and-pensions","12":"tag-disability","13":"tag-disability-activism","14":"tag-employment","15":"tag-england","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-health-and-wellbeing","18":"tag-learning-and-employment","19":"tag-northern-ireland","20":"tag-opinion","21":"tag-scotland","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/XMAS-SUBS-12-800-X-250.png\")
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