abstract: 'Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the lives

  of people with disabilities (PWD). How the pandemic affects the

  employment of PWD and employers has yet to be determined. We aimed to

  investigate the employment consequences of the pandemic as experienced

  by PWD and employers. The research questions were: (1) What employment

  effects do PWD experience, and what business changes do employers

  encounter as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic? (2) What challenges have

  PWD encountered during the pandemic? Methods Cross-sectional online

  surveys of 733 PWD and 67 employers in the Midwestern United States.

  Results Compared to non-disabled peers, PWD encountered more challenges

  in employment during the pandemic. We found high percentages of both

  employers and PWD experiencing employment changes and business shutdown

  during the pandemic. For PWD whose employment was not affected, 14.6\%

  of the participants (n = 107) expected a loss of income and worried

  about the economic uncertainty of the pandemic. Unemployment for PWD is

  high due to illness or disability, being laid-off or furloughed,

  business reductions, and not feeling safe to work. However, only about

  18.6\% of unemployed PWD (n = 16) received pay or benefits for the time

  they were not working even though more than half filed for unemployment

  benefits. Conclusions The pandemic adversely affected employment of PWD

  as reported by workers and employers. Findings parallel the experience

  of the non-disabled workforce, but reveal vulnerabilities that reflect

  disability consequences and the need for job accommodations. Results

  reveal emergent needs for policy supports to reduce the disparities

  experienced by PWD in the workplace.'
affiliation: 'Wong, J (Corresponding Author), Natl Tsing Hua Univ, Dept Special Educ,
  521 Nanda Rd East Dist, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

  Wong, Jasin, Natl Tsing Hua Univ, Dept Special Educ, 521 Nanda Rd East Dist, Hsinchu,
  Taiwan.

  Ezeife, Nnaemezie; Kudla, Angelika; Crown, Deborah; Trierweiler, Robert; Capraro,
  Pamela; Tomazin, Stephanie; Heinemann, Allen W., Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Ctr Rehabil
  Outcomes Res, 355 East Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611 USA.

  Su, Han, Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Ctr Hlth Serv \& Outcomes Res, 633
  N St Clair St,Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60611 USA.

  Pham, Tri, Univ Texas Southwestern Med Sch, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390
  USA.

  Heinemann, Allen W., Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Dept Phys Med \& Rehabil,
  710 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60611 USA.'
author: Wong, Jasin and Ezeife, Nnaemezie and Kudla, Angelika and Crown, Deborah and
  Trierweiler, Robert and Capraro, Pamela and Tomazin, Stephanie and Su, Han and Pham,
  Tri and Heinemann, Allen W.
author-email: jswong@bu.edu
author_list:
- family: Wong
  given: Jasin
- family: Ezeife
  given: Nnaemezie
- family: Kudla
  given: Angelika
- family: Crown
  given: Deborah
- family: Trierweiler
  given: Robert
- family: Capraro
  given: Pamela
- family: Tomazin
  given: Stephanie
- family: Su
  given: Han
- family: Pham
  given: Tri
- family: Heinemann
  given: Allen W.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s10926-021-10012-9
earlyaccessdate: JAN 2022
eissn: 1573-3688
files: []
issn: 1053-0487
journal: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION
keywords: COVID-19; Disabled persons; Employment; Return to work
keywords-plus: UNITED-STATES; HEALTH; ADULTS; IMPACT
language: English
month: SEP
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '42'
orcid-numbers: 'Heinemann, Allen W./0000-0003-2782-7326

  Wong, Jasin/0000-0003-0045-6393'
pages: 464-472
papis_id: 4f1b00ba0c7059eada82159b5502c6c5
ref: Wong2022employmentconsequenc
researcherid-numbers: 'Heinemann, Allen W./AAI-2790-2021

  '
times-cited: '3'
title: Employment Consequences of COVID-19 for People with Disabilities and Employers
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000743729600001
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volume: '32'
web-of-science-categories: Rehabilitation; Social Issues
year: '2022'