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Hiring People with Disabilities

Statistics of Workers with Disabilities

• According to the 2000 Census – In Alaska, an estimated 47,000 people between the ages of 21 to 64 have at least one disability.

• There are at least 49 million people with disabilities in the United States

• A DuPont study showed employees with disabilities are not absent more than employees without disabilities.

• A similar 1981 DuPont study which involved 2,745 employees with disabilities found that 92% of employees with disabilities rated average or better in job performance compared to 90% of employees without disabilities.

•  In 1990, DuPont conducted a survey of 811 employees with disabilities and found 90% rated average or better in job performance compared to 95% for employees without disabilities.

• In that same DuPont study, the (on the job) safety records were also compared and showed no difference between employees with disabilities and employees without disabilities.

• According to a 2000 Harris Poll, only 32% of disabled people of working age (18-64) work full or part-time compared to 81% of the non-disabled population, a gap of 49% points.  More than two-thirds of those not employed say they would prefer to be working.

• In a 1999 Dittman Survey of Small Businesses in Alaska, 97% of businesses that had previously hired a person with a disability would repeat the experience.

• A survey of human resource managers, conducted by Cornell University, has found that companies' health, life and disability insurance costs rarely rise because of hiring employees with disabilities.

• According to the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) 80% of job accommodations suggested by JAN cost less than $500.  The average cost of an accommodation is $200 and approximately 20% of all accommodations cost nothing.
  
• Providing training and education about disability related topics can help reduce tensions in the workplace and increase morale by sending a positive message that management cares about its employees.