| answer text |
<p>The Government continues to provide disability employment support through initiatives
such as Access to Work (AtW), Disability Confident, the Work and Health Programme,
Intensive Personalised Employment Support, and other forms of support that disabled
people need to retain, adapt and move into employment. In recognition of the changing
working environments since the COVID-19 outbreak and to provide greater flexibility,
AtW has flexed and adapted support. Disabled people with fluctuating conditions can
have support to work from home when their condition fluctuates and they do not feel
well enough to go to work. In addition, assistive technology support is available
or technology can be moved from the workplace to the home to enable home working.</p><p>
</p><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>The Government is committed to supporting
all disabled people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. We continue to monitor the
impact of COVID-19 on disabled people using existing and new data sources.</p><p>
</p><p>We are ensuring that disabled people continue to have access to disability
benefits, food, medicines, essentials, accessible communications, updated guidance,
including workplace and transport related guidance, as well as financial and other
support during the COVID-19 outbreak, e.g. AtW has continued to provide funding for
people with a disability or health condition whether they are working in the workplace
or are working from home.</p><p>In recognition of the changing working environments
since the COVID-19 outbreak, AtW has flexed and adapted support, by making greater
use of assistive technology and facilitated moving technology from the workplace to
the home to enable home working.</p>
|
|
