Employer Information
Despite increased laws designed to provide for workplace accommodations for qualified workers with disabilities, the employment rate of persons with disabilities has increased very little since the late 1980s. A series of studies conducted by the National Organization on Disability (NOD), in collaboration with Louis Harris and Associates (1998) reported an actual increase in the unemployment rate from 66% in 1986 to 71% in 1998.
The unemployment rate of persons with disabilities is especially disheartening because the studies found that an overwhelming majority (72%) of unemployed persons with disabilities indicated that they preferred to work. In a time marked by a critical demand for labor and significant economic expansion and prosperity, it is discouraging that members of our nation's largest minority, persons with disabilities, are not participating in the labor force to the same extent as their peers without disabilities.
Disability Education & Assistance
- The Able Project
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) an overview
- Americans with Disabilities Act: Primer for Small Business Handbook
- At Your Service: Welcoming Customers with Disabilities (an on-line course)
- Benefits and Opportunities
- Disability Employment 101
Disability Organizations and Associations
- Disability Resources.org
- Earn Works
- Etiquette for everyday interaction with a person with a disability
- Hiring a Person with Disabilities
- Job Accomodation Network (JAN)
- Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
- Office of Disability Employment Policy Publications
- Telecommuting Guide
- US Business Leadership Network
- US Chamber of Commerce Resources
- Utah Assistive Technology Program
- Utah Business Employers Team (UBET) Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
- Utah Business Resources
- Utah Testimonials
- Work Support - Virginia Commonwealth University