The accountancy sector has been told at a recent seminar to become more diverse in its selection of new candidates.
Experts speaking at the Disability as a Dimension of Diversity conference organised by Employment Opportunities told accountancy firms to embrace disability friendly recruitment.
Disability is one area that the accountancy sector hasn't addressed sufficiently, director of equality and inclusion at PricewaterhouseCoopers Sarah Churchman said.
"The accountancy profession has made steady progress with regards to gender and ethnic equality and we need to mirror that success in tackling disability equality," she remarked.
More knowledge regarding support and education by employers on the subject is needed, Ms Churchman added.
"Firms need to take immediate steps to build a culture that promotes a better understanding of working with disability," she noted.
ClickAJob chief executive Yngve Traberg welcomes disability as an untapped opportunity.
"Very often it's an immediate answer to the growing shortage of skilled talent that so many leading British companies are experiencing," he says.
"Once you include victims of accident or medical misfortune, there's plenty of brilliance to be had. Why be conventional and assume that employees always need to be able-bodied?"
Mr Traberg cites world-famous physicist Steven Hawking as an inspiring example.
"With easy access to computers and company work systems now almost universal, even severely handicapped staffers can provide significant input," he states.
"As long as you stick to hiring on merit, all kinds of talent problems simply go away."
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