Dylan Alcott launches campaign fighting barriers to work for people with disability

Published 30th July 2019

People with disability spend much of their lives overcoming a myriad of barriers. One that’s often out of their hands is finding a job. But a new initiative headed up by paralympian Dylan Alcott is trying to change this. 

The Remove the Barrier campaign, launched by the Dylan Alcott Foundation on Tuesday, aims to remove the visible and invisible barriers that prevent people with disability from finding work. 

Despite one in five people in Australia living with disability, only 54 per cent of people with disability have employment, with few initiatives in place to shift the statistic.        

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Source:
Maggie Coggan, 2019, Probono Australia (https://probonoaustralia.com.au/)