green shoots of recovery but not everything is rosey in the garden

As I start another week of job hunting I have had some good news, no i haven't found a job but the job market in Edinburgh is picking up. The latest Bank of Scotland jobs report says that the rise in the number of permanent job vacancies is the biggest since last August. this is welcome news.
As a disabled person is that I face further barriers to employment, not just a lack of jobs to apply for. Until these barriers are overcome disabled people will not be able to fully integrate into society.

I have been unemployed since November 2010 and in April 2011 I found and was offered in a job in London which i was unable to take because i could not find an accessible place to live which I could afford. The government is trying to get as many disabled people who can work back into work, but i very much doubt that all the disabled people will be able to find jobs in their locality so some will have to move, but they will not be able to because they will face the problem I did.

I am a social tenant which means I live in a council flat (or housing association property). Mine has been adapted for the needs of a disabled person. e.g. it has a wet floor shower and lower worktops in the kitchen. This type of accommodation is very rare in the private sector at an affordable rate. so being a social tenant is like having a golden ticket to Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory and not something that one gives up easily. When I tried to move to London I found I was not entitled to help to find accommodation in the social sector until I lived there which is fare enough. But that meant I had would have to leave my Edinburgh flat, if i did this I would be declaring myself homeless which meant i would not be entitled to any help at all, because in the eyes of the law i had chosen to move. There are house swapping websites but that can take months to find somewhere. so if someone is offered a job where they don't live the employer will not wait a long time to withdraw the offer. In the end I had to choose my house over my job

the example of housing which I have just given illustrates how disability is viewed in Britain and it needs to change. In my view disability is viewed through the model, which sees disability as something the individual can cope with. and they can be helped by providing things like DLA and physio.

In my view disability should be viewed through the social model of disability which argues that disability should be dealt by society and disabled can be helped by removing barriers to them integrating into society. In my case my barrier is the inability to move to find a job. there maybe green shoots of recovery in the economy but I cant take advantage of them unless i find a job on my doorstep. I am a plant who wants to grow but am stuck in the shade when i should be out in the garden taking in the sunlight.