There are accessible grants available and schemes for disabled people leaving education.
https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work
This is a grant available for practical support in work, advice about managing mental and physical help and finances to pay for communication and practical support for job interviews and within the workspace.
The grant also helps with
- Special aids or equipment to use in the workplace such as specialist software or computer access equipment including speech recognition software
- Support worker to provide one to one support in the workplace such as a British Sign Language Interpreter or personal reader for dyslexics, blind or visually impaired
- Travel to work if public transport cannot be used due to health or disability and help with adaptations to vehicles
- Travel in work to pay for the extra cost of travel while at work
- Communication support at job interviews for an interpreter or other one to one support for someone who has difficulties in communicating with others
- Adaptations to existing (but not new) buildings
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