Where Will Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities Be Created in the Coming Years?

Disability has been a difficult topic of society for years. Many people find discomfort in the presence of the disabled and many feel pity for those who are disabled. Back in the 1800s, the disabled were perceived as unable to contribute to society, often forced to undergo sterilization, and forced into institutions and asylums (“A Brief History”). In fact, this treatment of the disabled and mentally ill has been persistent until somewhat recently, when the Civil Rights movement took place, and those with disabilities decided to take a stand for their rights. Although people with disabilities continue to face difficulties in finding jobs, legitimizing their opinion, having the right to vote, and choosing whether or not they receive or refuse

Canada is said to be a nation that strives to engage persons with disabilities in job networking cartels. Nonetheless, the failure to give consideration to the disabled individuals may be seen through the continuous full time working which many disabled persons may not meet. The introduction of well-paying part time jobs would have been quite a thoughtful implementation as the disabled going through medication would have a free time of their own. Studies also reveal that between years 2001 to 2006 a robust growth was witnessed within the economic sector. This, therefore, reduced the unemployment rate of the Canadians disabled persons to 13.2%. However, first-time access to the job may have been quite difficult together with the retention rate. From 2007 onwards, the career outcome may

The topic in regards to the disabled worker is of interest to the author. The commentary is titled “Accommodation for Disabled Workers: Knowledge of Rights a Good Start” at the Rand Corporation blog by author Kathleen Mullen. The article describes how employees quitting their jobs because of healthcare decline and applying for social security benefits. As a number of social security benefits increase it puts US funding at risk. The author knows several disabled workers that are faced with working with a health-related disability. Additionally, they are challenged to take care of their families in spite of their disability. The disabled subgroup often expresses that they feel misunderstood by the world. The disabled person is betwixt and in between.; society expects the

Expansion of the disability programs and the poor employment rates of adults with disabilities have become major concerns for Social Security and disability policy makers across the country. Disability law, culture, and policy, as reflected most directly by the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), has undergone a dramatic shift toward the equal employment of persons with disabilities. The ADA prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment, governmental, and local services, public accommodations, insurance, telecommunications, and public transportation. Dramatic, positive changes affecting the lives of persons with disabilities are occurring in public attitudes and behavior toward individuals

In 1973 the section 504 rehabilitation act banned discrimination on people with disabilities. “For the first time, the exclusion and segregation of people with disabilities was viewed as discrimination” (Mayerson). People thought that people with disabilities that were unemployed and uneducated was “inevitable” (Mayerson). People fighting for the disabled proved that this was wrong and needed to be changed. The Americans with Disabilities act changed nothing for the employment for them, and by 2018 people with disabilities were still getting wages 40 percent below a “healthy person’s” (Picker). But, despite some unchanged discrimination the fixing of the equality between the disabled and nondisabled, right now, is that the Americans

Minority persons with disabilities also face issues relating to accommodation, access, health, social status, employment, stigma, and independence by belonging to the disability

Disability Discrimination Act 1992 was created to protect people with disability. Therefore, in order to follow the law, eliminate disability discrimination in the workforce as well as improve productivity and increase efficiency of the company, the organisation has to review and create new policies and procedure and disability action plan that are under human rights and anti-discrimination law (6)

All throughout the 20th Century Americans have fought with endless vigor to gain equal rights. In many ways we've created new opportunities for minorities in America, but with each passing year new problems arise. For example, the American female community has made leaping bounds in the field of equality; this past election was the first time in history that a woman has made it to the position of presidential nominee. However, they still have struggles, as do many of the cultural groups living in America. A community that's currently facing equality struggles is the American disabled community. Many people with disabilities—mental and physical—have a harder time finding employment because of their health issues. Many activists of the disabled community such as Helen Keller (who is deaf and blind) and Judith Heumann (who has polio) have pushed to pass many disabled-rights laws (B4 Civil Rights). One such law is the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), which was passed in 1990 and made workplace discrimination against disabled people illegal (B4 Civil Rights). Americans have also tried to create a new amendment to the Constitution to end discrimination against the disabled, but it was never ratified (B4 Civil Rights). Although the disabled community faces struggles, they fight endlessly for their rights even today.

Despite many crucial developments surrounding acceptance of others there is still a long and arduous path ahead of our society. People with disabilities, whatever a given disability may be and mean for the individual, are frequently stigmatized. They are not always offered equal opportunities, nor are they always offered the proper support to fortify their capabilities so that the individual may be the best they can be. Because of this there are many people who never go or return to college, are unemployed, or are isolated from the community.

The same applies in the access of essential services for example access to health care. In addition, public-sector and private-sector employers, unions and service providers are required to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities and other Charter groups. Central to the Act is the testament that all Canadian residents should have an equal opportunity to make for themselves ‘the lives they are able and wish to have’ and to ‘have their needs accommodated’ (Canadian Human Rights Act 1985, s.2). Finally, the Government of Canada has also ratified the Employment Equity Act (Department of Justice Canada, 1995) to make sure that people with disabilities, women, Indigenous people and visible minorities all have equal access to employment.

For my project I have chosen to compose a training guide for managers which provides them with information and skills necessary in order to recognize, empower and accommodate people with disabilities I believe that many people who are disabled and unemployed may want to work but may feel marginalized and like there is no place for them in the workforce. “People with a disability are among the most marginalized groups in the world, having poorer state of health, lower education achievements, less economic participation and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities” (“The marginalized Billion”, 2013). I think that a work environment which recognizes, empowers and accommodates people with disabilities would realize an increase in the number of people with disabilities whom they employ. Disabled people would want to work in this environment because it

Disability is present in everywhere around the world, and its definition is quite complex and it differs across cultures. In general, it is considered as a Disabled Persons who had permanently loss or reduction of structure, or anatomical function, physiological, psychological or mental, generating inability to certain activities within the standard considered normal. The concept of disability includes impairments that prevent full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. For the final paper I chose to compare the disability employment between Brazil and Canada.

All they want is to take part of society as a normal individual. The disability-movement has fought for the disabilities rights throughout the years and has achieved goals such as accommodation of architectural infrastructures to serve better people who are physical impairments. The public policies have been great accomplishments because it has helped people with disabilities to be part of society. The disability-movement points out the healthcare finance policies have taken freedom away from the disability community, “ Health-care financing policies force disabled people into Institutions and nursing homes rather than funding independent living. Income-maintenance and public health-insurance policies include “disincentives” that penalize disabled individuals for trying to work productively.”(p.4). The government has done a great job on protecting disabled individuals’ rights. However, the health-care system has isolated this group even more by restricting the level of productivity that they have within the system, as a result this medical model marginalizes this group of people and this program available for this community does not fully address their issues.

The central value of equality focuses on the attainment of an inclusive society that enables people with disability to reach their potential as equal, active and participating citizens while promoting equality of opportunities, financial stability, accommodation, employment and social participation. As a result of the value of human equality, social inclusion emerged as an essential value across policies. Social inclusion is recognised across policies as a foundational belief that disabled individual are active, included and valued members of society, therefore strategies have been implemented to increase their involvement in society. For example a central vision of the NDS aims for “people with disability to live in accessible and well designed communities with opportunity

Persons with disabilities have also been at a disadvantage in the Canadian labour force. Like the aboriginal people, they too have higher unemployment rates, lower participation rates and lower levels of education. 1981 census statistics for disabled person in the labour force