Fast Company

22.5% of people with a disability have a job. Here’s what employers can do support them

Workers with disabilities made major gains in 2023. All of this is bad for society, but it’s also bad for business. Here’s what leaders can do to help provide better opportunities for workers with ...
World Socialist Web Site

Australian disability support worker denounces big-business attacks on “sleepover” rates and other hard-won rights

The Australian Industry Group and NDIS providers are attacking hard-won penalty rates of disability support workers. [Photo: Facebook/People with Disability Australia] In late 2023, the big business ...
PBS

What’s behind the shortage of workers who support people with disabilities

The nearly five million direct care workers who support older adults and people with disabilities are the largest workforce in the U.S. But despite high demand, many are paid little more than minimum ...
fox43

Sen. Casey introduces legislation that would require employers to stop paying sub-minimum wages to workers with disabilities

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Casey on Monday joined three other lawmakers in introducing new legislation that would require employers to stop paying sub-minimum wage to workers with disabilities. The ...
Daily Trojan

We need more social workers with disabilities

Social workers are dedicated to supporting and advocating for individuals facing various challenges, including those with disabilities. Yet, social workers who have lived experience with a disability ...
The Conversation

Choice and control: are whitegoods disability supports? Here’s what proposed NDIS reforms say

Helen Dickinson receives funding from the Australian Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council and Children and Young People with Disability Australia. Many Australians with ...