Discrimination and other barriers to employment for teens and young adults with disabilities
Abstract
PURPOSE: Having a disability is a barrier to securing and maintaining employment. Most research has focussed on employment barriers among adults, while very little is known about young people's experience finding paid work. METHOD: Young people aged 15-24 were selected from the 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey to explore the barriers and discrimination they experienced in seeking employment (n = 1898). RESULTS: Our findings show that teens and young adults with disabilities encountered several barriers and discrimination in seeking paid employment. The types of barriers that these young people encountered varied by age and type of disability. There were fewer yet different types of barriers to working that were encountered between the two age groups (teens and young adults). Several socio-demographic factors also influenced barriers to working. Severity of disability, type and duration of disability, level of education, gender, low income, geographic location and the number of people living in the household all influenced the kind of barriers and work discrimination for these young people. CONCLUSIONS: Rehabilitation and life skills counsellors need to pay particular attention to age, type of disability and socio-demographic factors of teens and young adults who may need extra help in gaining employment.
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Suggested social factors contributing to the gap between adjustment requests and implementation include the characteristics of the individual requesting the adjustments and the impact of adjustments on others within the organisation.
“Suggested social factors include the characteristics of the individual requesting the adjustments and the impact of adjustments on others within the organisation [34, 35], while suggested organisational factors include the size of the organisation, workplace adjustment policies in place and the cost of the adjustment to the organisation [36–38].”
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- Authors
- Lindsay, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Lindsay, Sally
- ORCID
- Lindsay, Sally
- Venue
- Disability and Rehabilitation
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-01
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 15-16
- Pages
- 1340-1350
- ISSN
- 0963-8288 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-5165
- OpenAlex
- W2138299111
- Cited by
- 199
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 10.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Disability and Rehabilitation (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Education and Employment
- Social Sciences › Demography › Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Keywords
- barriers to employment, youth with disabilities, adolescents, young adults, disability severity, sociodemographic factors, gender differences, low income, rehabilitation counseling
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Age Factors, Cross-Sectional Studies, Disability Evaluation, Employment, Female, Disabled Persons, Persons with Disabilities, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Job Application, Male, Ontario, Prejudice, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Multivariate Analysis, Chi-Square Distribution, Logistic Models, Databases, Factual, Employment, Supported, Young Adult
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