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January 18, 2008
Disability and Occupation
Frank A. Smith and David Clark in Data Note 13: Disability and Occupation published by the Institute for Community Inclusion tell us:
"It is well-documented that people with disabilities have a significantly lower rate of employment than people without disabilities (36% versus 74% according to the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS). Less is known about the types of work they do. Using the occupational classification system within the ACS, researchers explored the prevalence of people with disabilities within occupational groupings and discuss its relationship to occupational growth.
"Datanote 13 takes a look at the areas in which people with disabilities are employed. The US Department of Labor projects that approximately 18.9M new jobs will be created between 2004 and 2014..."Professional and related" and "service" occupations are projected to have the greatest increase in number of jobs with over 5 million in each group. This could allow for increased opportunities for people with disabilities to work in these areas."
Posted by Nancy at January 18, 2008 10:40 AM