Since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the number of persons with disabilities who have gone on to higher education has increased. In fact, education is one of the areas that have seen the most success for persons with disabilities. However, this success has not translated into increased employment. In fact, there has been a decline in employment of persons with disabilities in the past 20 years.
According to a recently published survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), http://www.naceweb.org/Research.aspx?fid=193&menuID=123&ispub=False&nodetype=2&navurl=, employers are hiring students who did internships with them at increasing rates.
So, that raises a number of questions. Are students with disabilities doing internships? If so, are they being hired? At what rate?
If students with disabilities are getting internship opportunities at the same rate as other students and are being hired at the same rate, then there is hope that the huge gap in employment between persons with disabilities and those without will finally narrow. If not, it’s time to address what’s going on so that employment opportunities equalize.
So, let’s get those questions up on the board.
Annette Bourbonniere
401-846-1960
Fax: 401-846-1944
Twitter: @AccessInclude
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