To coincide with the publication of our new food sensitivities factsheet for businesses, Business Disability Forum’s Project Manager Vicky Harker, shares her experience of travelling with a child with multiple food allergies. When my second baby was born, I thought I was prepared for the challenges of looking after a newborn and a three-year-old, but…
Should Artificial Intelligence (AI) be feared or welcomed by disabled people? This is the topic for discussion in the first episode of a new podcast series launched by Business Disability Forum (25 July). ‘Disability Today’ aims to put disabled people at the centre of the debate on key global challenges. Leading experts will join Business…
Angela Matthews, Director of Policy and Research here at BDF, assesses the Bill presented in the King’s Speech yesterday which could see disability pay gap reporting become mandatory for employers who employ over 250 employees. In the King’s Speech (17 July 2024), measures to introduce disability pay gap reporting for employers with over 250 employees…
Can people ever just be ‘one’ thing? For example, is a disabled person ever ‘just’ a disabled person? Are all a disabled person’s experiences only affected to being disabled, rather than any other aspect of that person like their age, gender, ethnicity, or beliefs? We set out to answer some of those questions in an…
It’s no secret that I’m passionate about working from home. I work full time from my home office, but the other week I travelled 100 miles to the BDF conference in London. The first session of the day gripped me because of the topic – “Where we work?”Bela Gor and Emily Jackson joined Asset Manager,…
