{"id":104195,"date":"2019-08-01T15:57:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/08\/01\/sent-out-in-the-dark-why-disabled-graduates-struggle-to-find-work\/"},"modified":"2019-08-01T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:57:54","slug":"sent-out-in-the-dark-why-disabled-graduates-struggle-to-find-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=104195","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Sent out in the dark&#039;: why disabled graduates struggle to find work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many disabled students experience a sudden drop-off in support during the time between graduating from university and entering the workplaceHolly Tuke, 23, a recent graduate who is registered as blind, went to her university careers service in her second year to get advice on finding a job. They recommended she apply for work as a bus driver \u2013 work she couldn\u2019t do. \u201cIt was frustrating because they clearly didn\u2019t understand my disability,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd because of that I never went back to ask for help again.\u201dDisabled students face various challenges when they graduate, whether it\u2019s working out whether to disclose a disability to potential employers, considering when and how to ask for adjustments during a job application process, navigating psychometric tests, tackling prejudice and stigma, or dealing with unprepared employers. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2019\/aug\/01\/sent-out-in-the-dark-why-disabled-graduates-struggle-to-find-work\" target=\"_blank\">&#039;Sent out in the dark&#039;: why disabled graduates struggle to find work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many disabled students experience a sudden drop-off in support during the time between graduating from university and entering the workplaceHolly Tuke, 23, a recent graduate who is registered as blind, went to her university careers service in her second year to get advice on finding a job. They recommended she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}