Many of the organisations listed below either exist to give careers advice to students and graduates with a disability or have areas of their websites that serve the same purpose.
- 10,000 Able Interns – connecting young disabled talent with paid internships, training and development.
- AbilityNET – National charity and a leader in the field of computing and disability.
- Ambitious about Autism - Charity helping autistic young people in education and employment.
- Association of Disabled Professionals - draws on the expertise of disabled professionals to improve the educational and employment opportunities of disabled people.
- Auticon – technology careers opportunities exclusively for adults on the autistic spectrum.
- BBC Extend Hub – ongoing permanent and fixed term contracts offered across the BBC.
- Blind in Business - help blind and partially sighted graduates to compete equally with sighted candidates for good jobs.
- Centre for Accessible Environments - aims to ensure an environment that is accessible for everyone.
- Change 100 - paid summer work placements, professional development and mentoring for both students and recent graduates.
- Disability Now – online version of a national publication relating to disability issues. Includes employment and training information.
- Diverse Minds Group. - focus solely on neurodivergent job coaching.
- Enna – Recruitment agency specialising in roles for neurodivergent candidates (autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD etc)
- Evenbreak - matching employers who value diversity with talented disabled candidates.
- EmployAbility- assisting disabled students and graduates into the workplace.
- Kaleidoscope – recruitment support, and financial support and mentoring for disabled entrepreneurs.
- Living made easy - a national charity that provides free, impartial advice about all types of daily living equipment and mobility products for disabled adults.
- Mental Health Foundation – advice for looking after your mental health in the workplace
- Next Steps Foundation - support for autistic students and graduates.
- Remploy – facilitates the employment of people with disability in Scotland.
- MyPlus Student's Club - resources, job boards and event.
- Udemy - Employability Skills for Autistic students and graduates, is a free employability course made with and for autistic people. It is not specific to any particular academic discipline or university course but, rather, offers a broad introduction to a range of important considerations as you begin to look for employment. The course is estimated to take between 2-4 hours in total but you can take as long as you need to complete it.
- Vitae - includes support for disabled researchers.
Funding
- The Snowdon Trust – grants to assist access to vocational and academic study.
- Access to Work scheme – government support help people start, and stay in, work.