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Tizard Learning Disability Review

Volume 15 Issue 1 January 2010 © Pier Professional Ltd

How many people with intellectual disability are employed in the UK?

Rachel Forrester-JonesNick Gore Tizard Centre, University of Kent, Kathy Melling

Employability Development Manager, Kent County Council

Abstract

Increasing employment opportunities for people with learning disabilities has recently become a priority for service provision in England following the publication of Valuing People Now (DH 2007, 2009a) and Valuing Employment Now (DH 2009b, 2009c). These developments may be regarded as the culmination of 35 years of previous policies which alluded to the importance of employment for the quality of life of people with learning disabilities, rather than stating how it should be achieved. It is generally recognised that very few people with learning disability are currently employed.

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