Identifying disability-related barriers to academic employment

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Table 1. Barriers to securing academic employment by impairment for the 73 respondents with a disability that listed one barrier.

Type of impairment	Text in the survey	Barriers in multiple responses	Other barriers	People
Dexterity	Dexterity (for example lifting and carrying objects, using a keyboard)	Inadequate provision of reasonable adjustment (2)	Attitudinal barrier Environmental barrier	4
Hearing	Hearing (for example deafness or partial hearing)		Attitudinal barrier Fear of disclosure Inadequate provision of reasonable adjustment	3
Learning	Learning or understanding or concentrating	Inadequate provision of reasonable adjustment (5) Excessive workload (3) Attitudinal barrier (2) Technological barrier (2)	Communication barrier	13
Memory	Memory		Policy barrier	1
Mental health	Mental Health	Excessive workload (6) Attitudinal barrier (3) Fear of disclosure (2) Inadequate provision of reasonable adjustment (2)	Communication barrier Policy barrier Psychological barrier	16
Mobility	Mobility (for example, walking short distances or climbing stairs)	Attitudinal barrier (5) Environmental barrier (3) Inadequate provision of reasonable adjustment (2)	Fear of disclosure	11
Social and behavioural	Socially or behaviourally (for example associated with autism, attention deficit disorder or Asperger’s syndrome)	Attitudinal barrier (4) Communication barrier (2)	Psychological barrier	7
Stamina	Stamina or breathing or fatigue	Excessive workload (3) Attitudinal barrier (2) Inadequate provision of reasonable adjustment (2)	Fear of disclosure	8
Visual	Vision (for example blindness or partial sight)	Attitudinal barrier (2) Inadequate provision of reasonable adjustment (2)	Transport barrier	5
Other	Other impairment	Attitudinal barrier (3)	Communication barrier Inadequate provision of reasonable adjustment	5
Sum				73

Table 2. Categories of barrier to securing academic employment for disabled people, as suggested by non-disabled respondents.

Category of barrier	Frequency
Attitudinal barrier	114
Inadequate provision of reasonable adjustment	84
Environmental barrier	26
Policy barrier	16
Educational barrier	14
Excessive workload	11
Communication barrier	9
Psychological barrier	3
Technological barrier	3
Fear of disclosure	1