Kessler Foundation & University of New Hampshire release nTIDE Report – Monthly Update
DURHAM, NH – Americans with disabilities continue to outpace their counterparts without disabilities, achieving a full year of job gains, according to today’s National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD). This is the first time in nTIDE reporting that data have been this encouraging. Integrating vocational resources into medical rehabilitation is a promising strategy for maintaining employment among people with disabling injuries of the brain and spinal cord. Hospital-based programs based on early intervention can help people stay in the workplace, or prepare them to return to work.
In the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Jobs Report released Friday, April 7, the employment-to-population ratio for working-age people with disabilities increased from 27.3 percent in March 2016 to 28.6 percent in March 2017 (up 4.8 percent; 1.3 percentage points). For working-age people without disabilities, the employment-to-population ratio also increased from 72.5 percent in March 2016 to 73.3 percent in March 2017 (up 1.1 percent; 0.8 percentage points). The employment-to-population ratio, a key indicator, reflects the percentage of people who are working relative to the total population (the number of people working divided by the number of people in the total population multiplied by 100).
“A milestone has been achieved. For the first time since we began reporting these data in 2013, we have seen twelve consecutive months of improvement in the proportion of people with disabilities in the workplace,” according to John O’Neill, PhD, director of employment and disability research at Kessler Foundation. “One year of employment growth is very encouraging and shows people with disabilities are striving to work as they move toward pre-Great Recession employment levels”, he added.
The labor force participation rate for working-age people with disabilities increased from 31.0 percent in March 2016 to 32.3 percent in March 2017 (up 4.2 percent; 1.3 percentage points). For working-age people without disabilities, the labor force participation rate also increased from 76.3 percent in March 2016 to 76.6 percent in March 2017 (up 0.4 percent; 0.3 percentage points). The labor force participation rate is the percentage of the population that is working or actively looking for work.
“A milestone has been achieved. For the first time since we began reporting these data in 2013, we have seen twelve consecutive months of improvement in the proportion of people with disabilities in the workplace,” according to John O’Neill, PhD, director of employment and disability research at Kessler Foundation. “One year of employment growth is very encouraging and shows people with disabilities are striving to work as they move toward pre-Great Recession employment levels”, he added.
The labor force participation rate for working-age people with disabilities increased from 31.0 percent in March 2016 to 32.3 percent in March 2017 (up 4.2 percent; 1.3 percentage points). For working-age people without disabilities, the labor force participation rate also increased from 76.3 percent in March 2016 to 76.6 percent in March 2017 (up 0.4 percent; 0.3 percentage points). The labor force participation rate is the percentage of the population that is working or actively looking for work.
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