I'm working in Birmingham all week so thought I'd better get this out there before I go. As some of you will know I run a three day personal development programme for disabled people with a colleague Dave Rees. The idea originated with Lloyds Banking Group several years ago, and has also now been taken up by Accenture, it is proving to be a huge hit with those who attend. I find it incredibly rewarding and I'm always amazed at how totally brilliant so many disabled people are!! I guess I would say that wouldn't I! My own personal view aside Lloyds have undertaken a study of the programme and the results are very encouraging. Course attendees stay longer, achieve more promotions and are seen more positively by the line managers. I hope you find the news useful and feedback is alway very welcome. New fears over impact of work assessment test New job statistics provide worrying evidence that disabled people are dropping out of the welfare system after failing the go...