The Spring 2011 issue of Diversity MBA Magazine has an article by Murray Mann, a principal of Global Diversity Solutions Group LLC, a Chicago based consulting firm titled The State of Disability in the Workplace.
Even though the ADA has been in effect for 20 years and research shows that businesses that hire persons with disabilities and even use persons with disabilities in their advertising benefit greatly, the unemployment rate for persons with disabilities is still extraordinarily high.
I encourage you to read the entire article, but I will quote some of the statistics cited in this article:
· More than 54 million persons with disabilities comprise the third largest market segment in the US.
· In February 2011, one in five (20.6%) persons with disabilities were employed, compared to over two-thirds (69.5%) of persons without disabilities.
· For every dollar spent on an accommodation, participating companies realized more than $10 in benefits.
· 2% of HR professionals replying to a survey used resources available to find qualified job applicants who are veterans with disabilities.
The sources for his statistics included the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Job Accommodation Network and the Society of Human Resource Management.
Mr. Mann has done a thorough job of defining the problem. We need to look at the reasons this is happening and see what can be done about it.
Annette Bourbonniere
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