Megan Helsel, a kayaking wildlife specialist, has her dream job, and T'ange...
WEST ORANGE, N.J. - Megan Helsel, a kayaking wildlife specialist, has her dream job, and T’angelo Magee is making headway toward his, a commercial pilot. Both say work is central to their identity. Both are disabled.
Labor Day on Sept. 2 may be the first time the disabled regain an employment rate that was upended by the 2008 Great Recession. “The recent uptick is basically ‘the full employment story’ - it makes firms look at other populations they haven’t previously considered,” said Andrew Houtenville, economics associate professor at University of New Hampshire.
New technology has helped Helsel and other disabled people to get on an employer’s payroll. Widely-used apps include Venmo, which allows mobility-challenged workers to easily bill customers, and iPhone’s VoiceOver, which lets visually impaired workers conduct business. It is part of a two-year strengthening of the job market for disabled Americans, a rebound from the 2008 recession, which obliterated jobs for disabled workers at a faster rate than for those without disabilities, said John O’Neill, director of employment and disability research at Kessler Foundation.While workers without disabilities also suffered job losses, they regained pre-recession employment rates by June 2017 and, maintaining momentum, their job numbers are higher than ever.
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