There are a hundred ways to measure the state of disability and employment. Here are just a few key indicators:
A 2017 study by the Kessler Foundation offers additional insights into employment and unemployment patterns among people with disabilities:
“68.4% of survey respondents were striving to work. The striving group is comprised of individuals who are currently working (42.6%), those not currently working but who have worked since disability onset (23.5%), those who have not worked since disability onset but are currently looking for work (1.5%), as well as those who have never worked but reported looking for work (0.8%).”