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 market.
People with disabilities are one group who continue to have a low employment rate in the United States (U.S). They are also more likely than those without disabilities to work part-time or in precarious jobs with less job security, lower pay and benefits, and minimal worker protections. This volume of Research in Social Science and Disability brings together leading research that examines how systemic policies and practices, pandemic-driven transformations, and strategies for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) continue to shape the employment landscape for workers with disabilities.
Disability and the Future of Work explores changing workplace dynamics and proposes strategies for fostering an inclusive and equitable future of work for people with disabilities.
This volume of Research in Social Science and Disability brings together leading research that examines how systemic policies and practices, pandemic-driven transformations, and strategies for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) continue to shape the employment landscape for workers with disabilities.
Introduction to the Volume: Shaping the Future of Work for People with
Disabilities; Fitore Hyseni, Lisa Schur, Douglas Kruse, and Peter Blanck
Part I. Exploring Employment Disparities and Job Market Trends
Chapter
1. Shifting Landscapes: Demographic Trends among Workers with
Disabilities; Nanette Goodman, Arzana Myderrizi, and Giuseppe Franco Pagano
Chapter
2. First Fired, Last Hired, and Lower Paid: Reemployment Outcomes
among Displaced Workers with Disabilities, 2007-2021; Michelle Maroto and
David Pettinicchio
Chapter
3. The Challenge of Contingent Work Practices for People with
Disabilities: Findings from Qualitative and Survey Research; Nathan W. Moon,
Frances H. Harris, Maureen A. Linden, Salimah LaForce, and Patricia C.
Griffiths
Part II. Systemic Barriers and Opportunities in Employment Policy
Chapter
4. Dismantling Structural Ableism: The Influence of State Medicaid
and Long-Term Services and Supports Policies on Disability-Based Employment
Inequalities; Laurin E. Bixby
Chapter
5. The Disability Squeeze: How unmet Needs and out of Pocket Costs
Impede Work for People with Disabilities; Zachary Morris and Nanette Goodman
Chapter
6. No Exit: Disability Inclusion and the Future of (Sheltered)
Work; Katharina Heyer
Chapter
7. The Nexus Framework: Addressing Racial Bias and Equity in
Disability Employment; Kate Caldwell, Sumithra Murthy, Bailey Werner, Rooshey
Hasnain, and Brenda Parker
Part III. Pandemic-Driven Shifts in Work and Accessibility
Chapter
8. Navigating Post-Pandemic Realities: Faculty Struggles with
Workplace Support and Stigma; Morgan Sanchez
Chapter
9. Disabled Workers' Experiences of Remote Work Technology during the
COVID-19 Lockdowns in Belgium and the UK; Frederike Scholz, Betul Yalcin,
Koen Van Laer, and Jo Ingold
Part IV. Shaping the Future of Work For All
Chapter
10. The Transforming National Landscape of Disability Rights, Mental
Health, and Employment: Qualitative Interviews with ADA Policy Experts;
Robert Gould, Mariana Garcia-Torres, Sarah Parker Harris, Amy Satterthwaite,
Gus Budiarta, and Mark Harniss
Chapter
11. Inclusion of Disability-Owned Businesses into Federal, State, and
Private Sector Supplier Diversity Initiatives; Fatma Altunkol Wise, Nanette
Goodman, and Lauren Gilbert
Chapter
12. Is the Future a Dead-End Job?: A Review and Agenda on Promotion
Discrimination Against People with Disabilities; Lauren Gilbert
Chapter
13. Ableism Management: The Additional Labor of Work and Life with
a Disability; LaWanda H. Cook and Akemi Nishida
Fitore Hyseni is the Director of Research at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), Syracuse University, USA.
Lisa Schur is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Rutgers University, USA.
Douglas Kruse is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, USA, and a Research Fellow in the IZA Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany.
Peter Blanck is University Professor at Syracuse University and Chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), Syracuse University, USA.
