Using nearly 30,000 employee surveys from fourteen companies, we find disability is linked to lower average pay, job security, training, and participation in decisions, more negative attitudes toward the company. Disability gaps vary substantially, however, across companies worksites, with no attitude worksites rated highly by all employees for fairness responsiveness. The results indicate that corporate cultures are responsive needs of especially beneficial disabilities.

This article addresses key questions arising from the economic and social disparities that individuals with disabilities experience in United States. For instance, “What role does corporate culture play employment of people disabilities?” “How it facilitate or hinder their promotional opportunities, how can corporations develop supportive cultures benefit disabilities, non-disabled employees, organization as a whole?” Corporate create attitudinal, behavioral, physical barriers for workers...

Efforts to recruit and retain employees with disabilities are often tempered by employers’ concerns over potential workplace accommodation costs. This study reports on accommodations requested granted in intensive case studies of eight companies, based more than 5,000 employee manager surveys, interviews focus groups 128 managers disabilities. Two unique contributions that we analyze for without as well those disabilities, compare perspectives costs benefits among employees, their coworkers,...

Abstract Research shows that self-determination and the right to make life choices are key elements for a meaningful independent life. Yet, older adults people with disabilities often placed in overly broad restrictive guardianships, denying them their daily about where they live who interact with, finances, health care. Supported decision-making (SDM)—where use trusted friends, family members, professionals help understand situations face, so may own decisions—is means increasing by...

One central component to meaningful employment for people with disabilities is the ADA's workplace accommodation provision that allows qualified individuals perform essential job functions. Little empirical evidence available evaluate costs, benefits, and effectiveness of accommodations. Previous research has focused on direct costs. This article advocates an inclusive cost/benefit analysis include indirect costs benefits differentiate disability-related from typical employee The applied...

This article is based on the book eQuality: The Struggle for Web Accessibility by Persons with Cognitive Disabilities (2014, Cambridge University Press). It contends that rights of individuals cognitive disabilities to equal access web content are not only protected under law, but may also be implemented and supported current user-based, semantic cloud technologies. Consistent Americans Act U.N. Convention Rights Disabilities, equality defined through functional, rather than...

Supported decision-making is at the forefront of modern disability research. This due to Article 12 Convention on Rights Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which creates a state obligation provide support for exercise legal capacity. turned practice supported into human rights imperative. Government and funding agencies are increasingly focusing their attention area. Researchers similarly increasing interest in field. The impending danger that rush area will overshadow original intention...

Preface Peter David Blanck 1. General introduction: interpersonal expectations: some antecedents and consequences Robert Rosenthal 2. Systematic errors to be expected of the social scientist on basis a general psychology cognitive bias Donald T. Campbell Part I. Research Interpersonal Expectations John M. Darley, Kathryn C. Oleson, Blanck, Marylee Taylor, Elisha Babad, Dov Eden, Howard S. Friedman, Miron Zuckerman, Holley Hodgins, Kunitate Miyake Harris Cooper II. Mediation through Nonverbal...

To investigate the inclusion of people with disabilities in diversity policies most successful businesses United States, we examined publicly available workforce and supplier top 100 companies on Fortune Magazine's 2003 list 500 profitable nation. The majority these have extensive information about their practices corporate website. was used to categorize into those that include disabilities, do not define diversity, enumerate what is meant by (e.g. terms race or gender) but expressly...

As American workers age, with impairments and functional limitations make up a larger percentage of our workforce. This investigation presents data from the National Health Interview Survey Disability Supplement 1994–1995 (NHIS-D) describing nature workplace accommodations in workforce factors associated provision such accommodations. Of nationally representative sample aged 18 to 69 years wide range impairments, 12% reported receiving Males (odds ratio (OR) 0.64: 95% confidence interval...

Abstract The Internet provides individuals with disabilities numerous tools to live independently. In the convenience of home, a person can access an abundance information, electronic community, updates on latest disability advocacy news, education through distance‐learning classes, and on‐line shopping for books, clothes, assistive technology, host other consumer goods. Centers Independent Living (CILs) are consumer‐run, non‐profit grassroots service organizations at forefront rights...