NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Buncher, Amanda; Ward, Rashad; Kinkade, Anela; Pflug, Brandon – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2022
People with disabilities are employed at a rate much lower than people without disabilities (Erickson et al., 2022). People with disabilities can be excellent employees who bring a wide range of skills and abilities to their work. Businesses may experience increased productivity and positive publicity as benefits to hiring people with disabilities…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Potential, Employment Patterns, Underemployment
Washington Univ., Seattle. – 2002
This guide is intended to encourage employers to hire people with disabilities. It notes the value of internship and other work-based learning programs that allow the employer and student to "try each other out." The paper points out that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers are required to make reasonable accommodations for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship