A majority of disabled teachers have faced discrimination in the workplace, a snapshot poll has revealed. Teachers quizzed at the NASUWT’s annual Disabled Teachers’ Consultation Conference, held in Birmingham last week, blamed government policy for relaxing the regulatory frameworks that protected their rights. More than three quarters of the conference attendees (77 per cent) reported having been discriminated on the basis of their disability while 73 per cent said they had not been given fair and equal opportunities when applying for teaching jobs or promotion. Furthermore, 81 per cent said they had been bullied at some point in their teaching career, while 53 per cent said their school have not taken seriously requests for reasonable adjustments for disabled staff.
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