Singapore is setting aside $30 million to help employers hire more people with disabilities, including support for job redesign, staff training and workplace adjustments.

But what are the barriers that still prevent more people with disabilities from entering the workforce? And will this new funding be enough to get more companies on board with inclusive hiring?

On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Dr Eunice Tan, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Special Education Programme at the Singapore University of Social Sciences' S R Nathan School of Human Development, about how the funding will work, the challenges employers face and what it will take to make disability inclusion a more common feature of Singapore's workplaces.