Academic Audio Transcription

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We're Academic Audio Transcription, founded by Zara Bain a disabled woman founder and our current managing director. Zara set up AAT when she had to suspend her PhD studies due to disability and chronic illness but couldn’t find accessible flexible remote work — so she made a way to do that for herself and the freelancers within our network. At AAT, we offer transcription services with a social impact. Our work supports research, improves access, and creates fairly-paid work for disabled people. Get in touch at hello@academicaudiotranscription.com

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2017
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    Catherine Hale

    Disability and Work research consultant

    Who gets to work flexibly? That’s one of the questions I’ve been asking in my research into flexible working and disability inclusion with King's College London. The data tells us that you’re more likely to work from home if you’re senior, well-paid and college educated. What managers have told me is that it’s all about trust. Flexibility is granted to those workers who have ‘proven’ themselves in the organisation. There’s some fascinating research from Heejung Chung and others linking this trust issue to flexibility stigma. Flexibility stigma comes from deep cultural assumptions about the ‘ideal worker’ being one who prioritizes their work, team and organisation above all else in life. We know that flexibility stigma reflects and perpetuates gender inequality at work. What we don’t know is whether and how flexibility stigma affects disability equality at work. Flexible working arrangements are the most commonly requested type of ‘reasonable adjustment’ sought by disabled people to manage a long term condition and boost their productivity at work. Rather than being a perk or lifestyle choice, flexible working is the only way many disabled people can enter into or remain in work at all. But we know little about the dynamics of flexible working for disability inclusion. This is something I’m determined to change. What I’m finding is that with disability and health, the trust factor plays out on both sides of the equation in negotiations between workers and their managers. It’s not just about whether the manager trusts the worker to be productive at home, and not stand at the fridge eating cheese all day (to paraphrase our former Prime Minister). It’s about whether the worker with an invisible disability trusts the manager enough to disclose their health condition in the first place, and judges the benefits of disclosure to outweigh the considerable risks. Disabled workers have additional rights to flexible working under the Equality Act, if it is needed to level the playing field. But if that trust is not there, and disability remains hidden, those rights are worthless. Flexible working is not only a family friendly policy, it’s a disability inclusive policy. With a stubbornly high rate of unemployment among disabled people we need to explore how flexible working can remove barriers to work and improve employment outcomes. Looking at how flexibility stigma plays out in the case of health and disability is key. Stay tuned for more as I work through my research findings! #FlexibleWorking #DisabilityInclusion #FlexPlus

    • Flexibility stigma is the idea that workers who use flexible working arrangements are less productive, motivated and committed to their workplace. A quote by Heejung Chung, 2023

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