A Global Disability Inclusion survey of over 500 participants on April 13, 2020 reveals that people with disabilities are being impacted by COVID-19 at a higher rate than those without a disability.
51% of people with a disability have either lost their jobs, been laid off or furloughed, or believe they will lose their job in the next 90 days compared to 28% of those without a disability.
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“The survey data demonstrates people with disabilities, who are often already on the fringes of competitive employment, are some of the first groups impacted as companies shuffle their workforce to reduce hours, and lay off employees due to the economic shutdown,” said Meg O’Connell, CEO & Founder of Global Disability Inclusion. “Companies are faced with unprecedented changes to their work environments and many are struggling to keep operations going. Unfortunately, this negatively impacts many employees with a disability.”
Figure 1: People with disabilities are more than 2x as likely as those without disabilities to think they will need to find a new job outside of their current industry in the next few months.
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