Vocational rehabilitation The business case for retaining newly disabled staff and those with a long-term health condition

• Lastly and the most noticeable emergence in the tech world is the advent of
Microlink PC and Abilitynet’s Disability and Reasonable Adjustment Service
(MiDRAS) which has re-wrote the book on effective reasonable adjustment (see
page 27). Banding together resources from various organisations this successful
program utilizes charities such as the British Dyslexia Association to provide full
case management and resolution within 20 days of the employee stating his/her
disability.
From where we stand today there can be a few safe assumptions about the natural
progression of assistive technology and reasonable adjustment. The most noticeable
in the future will be the advent of internet and mobile based services and the eventual
adjustment of companies to allow such provisions to stream to them online. Braille
technologies will drop significantly in price due to new innovations in braille cell
production, and services like MiDRAS will allow employees instant access to a plethora
of disability support options. The deaf community will continue to break down barriers
using new communication technology and individuals suffering
from dyslexia will be able to accurately correct their document
with the push of a button. Assistive technology will continue to
evolve into an unstoppable force enabling not just the disabled,
but society as a whole to shape the workplace into a stress free
productive environment.
“Limitations only go so far.” Robert M Hensel
Dr Nasser Siabi
Chief Executive Microlink PC
32