Mr. Gary Kearney:

Deputy Brady asked about the 3% requirement. I have been to various disability conferences, including an MBA conference and Vivian Rath's session. The company I was employed by will make a stunning report. It will probably bring out pictures and everything else on how great it is but I merely ticked a box. That is all I was. The company did not actually do anything for the people with disabilities who worked for it. If, like me, you were invisible, it did not want to know. A lot of the semi-States and, I am sure, State bodies are just as guilty of it. They will do the picture work to show they have the 3%, but there is nothing real behind it on the ground. That is what I found in my case as did others in the same company who have lost their jobs since.