Employment

Enabling Employment: How Do Employer Disability Practices Affect Disability Employment Outcomes?

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May 2025 Researchers: Lawrence Houston and Douglas Kruse University Affiliate: Rutgers University Full Publication: Houston, Lawrence, and Douglas Kruse. 2025. “Enabling Employment: How Do Employer Disability Practices Affect Disability Employment Outcomes?” AEA Papers and Proceedings 115: 536-542. doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20251078 Abstract We use panel data from 235 firms from 2019-2023 to examine how disability-related practices affect disability […]

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Disability and the Future of Work

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Summary The employment landscape is evolving rapidly, driven by technological innovations, shifting employer practices, and new government policies that redefine where and how work is performed. However, these transformations have not been universally beneficial. Future research is required to explore the potential disproportionate impact they might have on marginalized populations already excluded from the labor

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New research brief from The Burton Blatt Institute and The Southeast ADA Center – Lingering Inequalities in the Information Age: An Examination of Disparities in Internet Access Among People with Disabilities

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Citation Lawson, S., Avila-Acosta, M., Hyseni, F., Whaley, B., Williamson, P., Blanck, P., (2025) Lingering Inequalities in the Information Age: An Examination of Disparities in Internet Access Among People with Disabilities. Burton Blatt Institute Research Brief #3-August 2025. View Research Brief – Exploring Disparities in Poverty Rates Among People with Disabilities Summary  When the Americans with

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New research brief from The Southeast ADA Center – Exploring Disparities in Poverty Rates Among People with Disabilities

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Citation Avila-Acosta, M., Hyseni,F., Pagano, G., Lawson, S., Whaley, B., Williamson, P., & Blanck, P. (2025). Exploring Disparities in Poverty Rates Among People with Disabilities. Burton Blatt Institute Research Brief #2 – February 2025. View Research Brief – Exploring Disparities in Poverty Rates Among People with Disabilities Summary  The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was

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New research brief from The Southeast ADA Center – Dismantling Barriers: How Disability, Race, and Other Characteristics Influence Employment Outcomes

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Citation Hyseni,F., Avila-Acosta, M., Goodman, N., Pagano, G., Lawson, S., Whaley, B., Williamson, P., & Blanck, P. (2025). Dismantling Barriers: How Disability, Race, and Other Characteristics Influence Employment Outcomes. Burton Blatt Institute Research Brief #1 – January 2025. View Research Brief – Dismantling Barriers: How Disability, Race, and Other Characteristics Influence Employment Outcomes Summary –

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Exploring virtual reality as an employment accommodation for individuals with albinism.

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Advances in virtual reality (VR) technology have created a wide range of remote work options. The goal of this study was to explore the experiences of individuals with albinism using VR work environments as a reasonable accommodation for remote work. Four cohorts of five participants each worked for 6 months at their leisure in a

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Presentations from The Workshop on Health and Disability among Working-Age Adults: Trends, Disparities, and Implications for Employment and Federal Programs

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October 15, 2024  Researchers: Ari Ne’eman, Douglas Kruse, and Nicole Maestas University Affiliate:  Harvard University and Rutgers University The National Academies’ Committee on Population held a public workshop to bring together an interdisciplinary group of experts to discuss trends in disability and disabling morbidity among the U.S. working-age population. Workshop participants sought to help the

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Disability heterogeneity in the impact of the ACA’s Medicaid expansions on disability employment.

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Citation Ne’eman, Ari, Maestas, Nicole. (2022.) Disability heterogeneity in the impact of the ACA’s Medicaid expansions on disability employment. Abstract  Study investigated the impact of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Medicaid expansion on different populations of people with disabilities, with the purpose of assessing whether disability heterogeneity may help explain the divergent findings in prior

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Perceptions and bias of small business leaders in employing people with different types of disabilities

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May 13, 2024 Researchers: Nanette Goodman, Samantha Deana, Fitore Hyseni, Michal Soffer, Gary Shaheen, and Peter Blanck University Affiliate:  Syracuse University Full Publication: Goodman, N., Deane, S., Hyseni, F., Soffer, M., Shaheen, G., Blanck, P. (2024.) Perceptions and bias of small business leaders in employing people with different types of disabilities. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Summary

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Long COVID Prevalence, Disability, and Accommodations: Analysis Across Demographic Groups

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February 22, 2024 Researchers: Jennifer Cohen and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers University Affiliate: Rutgers University Full Publication: Cohen, J., & Rodgers, Y. V. M. (2024). Long COVID Prevalence, Disability, and Accommodations: Analysis Across Demographic Groups. Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 34(2), 335–349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-024-10173-3 Abstract Purpose This paper examines the prevalence of long COVID across different demographic

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