Ms Cheryl Tan, 29, has been looking for a job for more than 18 months, sending out "countless" applications since she left her last job as a patient service associate at an eye clinic in February last year.

Ms Tan, who has progressive multiple sclerosis and moves around in a motorised wheelchair, says that her disability has made it more difficult to find a job. Add to that the current economic outlook as a result of the pandemic - and employment has been elusive.