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Businesses encouraged to hire more people with disabilities

Brandon Tomlin and Georgia Burn are researching what workplaces can do to make environments accessible for people with a communication disability.

Brandon Tomlin and Georgia Burn are researching what workplaces can do to make environments accessible for people with a communication disability. Source: Supplied / Supplied

Research shows improving Australia's rate of employment for people with a disability could add 50-billion dollars to Australia’s GDP by 2050.



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