ERIC Number: ED603588
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
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Employment Rates for People with and without Disabilities. Data Note. Number 63
Shepard, John
Institute for Community Inclusion
Data show that people with disabilities are consistently less likely to be working than their non-disabled counterparts. In this Data Note, the employment rate for working-age people is compared across disability types, as well as those without disabilities. While employment rates across disability subpopulation groups vary, all disability groups lag far behind their counterparts without a disability. The employment rates by subpopulation underscore the challenges faced by specific groups in obtaining and retaining employment. Closing the employment rate gap between working-age people in various disability subpopulations and their working-age counterparts without disabilities should be a critical goal for policy and practice. [This is a publication of StateData.info, a project of ThinkWork at the Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston.]
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Patterns, Daily Living Skills, Hearing Impairments, Visual Impairments, Independent Living, Physical Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Adolescents, Adults
Institute for Community Inclusion. University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125. Tel: 617-287-4300; Fax: 617-287-4352; e-mail: ici@umb.edu; Web site: http://www.communityinclusion.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Administration on Developmental Disabilities (DHHS)
Authoring Institution: University of Massachusetts Boston, Institute for Community Inclusion
Grant or Contract Numbers: 90DN0295