Research

Below are links to research about the employment of individuals with disabilities and its benefits to organizations. 

The SHRM Foundation and Workplace Initiative’s, Employing Abilities @Work – 2019 Research Report

NOD 2019 Disability Benchmarks

Florida Chamber Foundation and The Able Trust – A Study of Employment of Floridians with a Disability (2019)

Accenture, Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities study – Getting to Equal: The Disability Inclusion Advantage (2018)

Florida Chamber Foundation and The Able Trust – Quantifying the Unemployment Rate for workers with Disabilities in Florida (2016)

Governor’s Commission on Jobs for Floridians with Disabilities:  2012 Report

Key Factors that Assist Employers to Recruit, Interview, Hire and Retain People with Disabilities (2011)

Dispelling Myths of An Untapped Workforce: A Study of Employer Attitudes Toward Hiring Individuals with Disabilities (2003)

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Employment of People with Disabilities in Florida (1999)

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)