How We Care

How We Care: Episode 11: Dealing with Work and Illness (part one)

Episode Summary

Elizabeth and Paul discuss the challenges of working through illness, and of returning to work after an illness or with a long-term health condition. This is part one of a two-part discussion on this topic....part 2 will include a deeper exploration of working while living with long term conditions/chronic illness.

Episode Notes

Here are details on the UK Equality Act 2010 outlining the duty to make reasonable adjustments (from Citizens Advice Bureau):


 

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/discrimination/what-are-the-different-types-of-discrimination/duty-to-make-reasonable-adjustments-for-disabled-people/


 

Here are articles from Elizabeth's website on pacing yourself during recovery from illness & long covid
 


 

https://www.elizabethturp.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/6083?opendocument&part=9


 

and articles on how counselling can help people adjusting to disability


 

https://www.elizabethturp.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/6083?opendocument&part=6

and here is an article with advice for freelancers balancing the challenges of work and illness

Working Through Illness as a Freelancer (allfreelancewriting.com)