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Disabled teachers: Con-Dems creating environment for discrimination, says NASUWT leader
Disabled teachers’ careers “blighted” by Con-Dem coalition, teaching union NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates says
Disabled teachers’ careers have been “blighted” by the Con-Dem coalition, teaching union NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates said at the weekend.
A worrying 77 per cent of those polled at the union’s disabled teachers’ conference said they faced discrimination at school.
And over 70 per cent reported that they have not been given fair and equal opportunities when applying for teaching jobs or promotions and 81 per cent said they’d been bullied because of their disability during their career.
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