Think Work

Over the past 3 decades, employment rates have shifted in response to major economic cycles. These times of growth and recession have impacted the workforce, especially for people with disabilities.

Read the latest Institute for Community Inclusion DataNote 103 about how these patterns highlight opportunities for us to strengthen policies and supports that promote workforce participation for people with disabilities: https://tinyurl.com/mw7skwvy

State intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) agencies continue to emphasize the importance of integrated employment, though participation in integrated employment services varies widely from 3% to 83%.

Read the Administration for Community Living, Think Work Blue Book for employment & economic self-sufficiency trends for people with IDD: https://buff.ly/49QfXk4

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People with disabilities have poorer economic outcomes than people without disabilities. In 2021, only 40% of people with disabilities had paid jobs, compared to 74% of people without disabilities. Nearly 25% of working-age people with disabilities lived in poverty, compared to just over 10% of people without disabilities.

Read the full Administration for Community Living, Think Work Blue Book for the latest trends on employment and economic self-sufficiency for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: https://buff.ly/49QfXk4