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<p>Access to Work offers practical and financial support with the additional costs
faced by individuals whose health or disability affects the way they do their job,
including people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).</p><p>Although we do not disaggregate
data for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis in the Access to Work statistics, last
year we published ‘Access to Work: Qualitative research with applicants, employers
and delivery staff’, which included a case study for an applicant with ME. The individual
in question returned to employment in a call centre role after 10 years off due to
ill-health. Through Access to Work, they received a suitable chair and keyboard, which
greatly reduced the joint pain they had been experiencing and enabled them to stay
in the new role.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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