Factors in Studying Employment for Persons with Disability

Barbara M. Altman, PhD, is a sociologist and consultant at the National Center for Health Statistics, USA, where she was previously Special Assistant on Disability Statistics to the office of the Director. She previously held roles at the Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, USA and served on the Washington Group, working under the auspices of the United Nations to develop culturally compatible measures of disability for international use. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on disability and in 2014 was recipient of the ASA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociology of Disability.

Sociologists, other social scientists, and health care scientists address factors that have complicated describing and examining the work experience of a person with a disability. They cover the relationship of gender and other socio-demographics to work role, disability inclusion strategies and interventions, work role and well-being, and the future of work. Among their topics are employment outcomes among men and women with disabilities: how the intersection of gender and disability status shapes labor market inequality, the extent to which disability discourages people from going on the job market: evidence from Italy, a systematic review of vocational interventions for youth with physical disabilities, and disability and the future of work: a speculative essay.

• Introduction: Employment and Persons with Disabilities; Barbara M. AltmanPart 1: Relationship of Gender and other Sociodemographics to Work Role 1. Employment Outcomes among Men and Women with Disabilities: How the Intersection of Gender and Disability Status Shapes Labor Market Inequality; David Pettinicchio and Michelle Maroto 2. Why Aren’t They Working? Health and Other Barriers to Employment for Young Millennials in Assisted and Other Rental Housing; Barbara A. Haley and Aref Dajani 3. To What Extent Does Disability Discourage from Going on the Job Market? Evidence from Italy; Tindara Addabbo, Jaya Krishnakumar, and Elena Sarti Part 2: Disability Inclusion Strategies and Interventions 4. The Complexity of Disability Inclusion in the Workplace: A South African Study; Nceba Ndzwayiba and Lieketseng Ned. 5. Model of Successful Corporate Culture Change Integrating Employees with Disabilities; Douglas Waxman 6. A Systematic Review of Vocational Interventions for Youth with Physical Disabilities; Shakira Hanif, Halie Peters, Carolyn McDougall, and Sally Lindsay Part 3: Work Role and Well-Being  7. People with Physical Disabilities, Work and Well-being: The importance of Autonomous and Creative Work; Robyn Lewis Brown, Mairead Eastin Moloney, and Gabriele Ciciurkaite 8. Disability and Community Life: Mediating Effects of Work, Social Inclusion, and Economic Disadvantage in the Relationship between Disability and Subjective Well-being; Sara E. Green and Brianna Vice Part 4: The Future of Work  9. Disability and the Future of Work: A Speculative Essay; Richard K. Scotch and Charles E. McConnel