003: Illness, Disability and the Workplace

In this episode of Can I Butt In, Bowel Research UK’s Patient and Public Involvement Manager Sam Alexandra Rose is joined by Matt Black and Steven Jones to discuss how workplace culture and environment can impact workers with illnesses and disabilities. Additionally, they discuss what arrangements can be made to improve communication and accommodate people with illnesses or disabilities. Matt had bowel cancer during the COVID lockdown and Steven Jones, founder of the Disability Connect mentoring scheme, is a wheelchair user with spinal muscular atrophy.

Disability Connect is a disability inclusion specialist and works with organisations in the private, public and third sector. They specialise in sharing lived disability experiences through our services including focus groups, reverse mentoring, insight talks, product reviews and more. Details can be found here:

- Website: https://disabilityconnect.org.uk/

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/disability-connect-mentoring-scheme/?viewAsMember=true

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCMS_Mentor

Contact Disability Connect via e-mail: info@disabilityconnect.org.uk

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Music is “Summer Guitar” by Amaksi from Pixabay.