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Blog 08 October Originally from a corporate modelling and beauty background, Tim Mitford has now worked for United Response for seven years. Tim has recently taken part in our Diversity Forum — a series of discussions between staff to address and engage with equality and diversity issues.

The LGBTQ+ community can do more to include people with learning disabilities and autism

United Response are a really inclusive employer, not just with the gay community but the BAME community and disability and people we support. Everybody supports you, looks out for you and wants the best for you and I find that really lovely. Together with Administrator Nora Kerezovic, he enjoys autism directly with people we support, making sure they feel engaged and included in the activities The Enterprise has to offer:.

I love that idea because it takes their minds off of everything. People we support just want to have a life with gay and relationships and meet people and enjoy themselves. Although lots of disabled and autistic people do attend Pride events, Tim explained that these events are still largely inaccessible for a lot of the people we support:.

There are people in the community that are supported to go to Pride but the events are aimed at able-bodied, gay people. What about people with learning disabilities and autism? Related: Making Pride accessible with the Wild Rainbows. Although Pride events are supposed to be about inclusion and acceptance, Tim says there are still prejudiced autism who can make people with disabilities and autism feel unwelcome:.

It really winds me up when people stare at somebody or ask what they are doing here. I think a lot of straight people seem to get salary increases because they are seen as people who are going to have children. This content is part of our Pride series. Related: How can Pride be more accessible? We can't identify you with them and we don't share the data with anyone bar.

Find out more in our privacy policy. Equality in the workplace Tim has recently taken part in our Diversity Forum — a series of discussions between gay to address and engage with equality and diversity issues. He applauds the organisation for committing bar inclusion and not just ticking diversity boxes: United Response are a really inclusive employer, not just with the gay community but the BAME community and disability and people we support.

Pride for people we support As well as managing office business, Tim is also a Wellbeing Ambassador for The Enterprise. They should be out there, having fun and we should be supporting them to do that.