abstract: 'Forming part of a larger project on how disabled people exercise active

  citizenship in nine European countries, this study examined factors that

  enhance or hamper disabled peoples'' opportunities to participate fully

  and on equal terms with others in the domain of work. Twenty-six,

  gender-balanced life course interviews with persons living in

  Switzerland and representing four impairment groups and three age

  cohorts were conducted. Applying qualitative content analysis, we found

  that over the entire work life course environmental factors such as

  support structures and attitudes were most salient (as compared to

  personal factors and impairment effects), and that facilitating and

  impeding factors cut across impairment groups and age cohorts. To

  achieve parity of participation and to enhance people with disabilities''

  active citizenship and opportunities to access, and flourish in, the

  labour market, society has to both recognize their rights and provide

  sufficient economic resources to remove existing barriers.Points of

  interest Having a paid job is an important aspect and sign of a person''s

  social participation and inclusion. We collected personal stories of

  disabled people living in Switzerland to identify the barriers and

  support they experienced in finding and maintaining a suitable paid job.

  Most of the barriers identified were environmental and could have been

  addressed by workplace adjustments and policy changes. The diversity of

  the disabled interviewees was reflected in the barriers and support they

  experienced. However, the presence or absence of support from family

  members, job counsellors, employers and work colleagues played an

  important role across different types of disabilities. Recognizing and

  understanding the barriers that disabled people experience with regard

  to paid employment will help to develop appropriate social responses and

  individual strategies for self-help.'
affiliation: 'Trezzini, B (Corresponding Author), Guido A Zach Str 4, CH-6207 Nottwil,
  Switzerland.

  Trezzini, Bruno; Schuller, Victoria; Schupbach, Sabrina; Bickenbach, Jerome, Swiss
  Parapleg Res, Nottwil, Switzerland.

  Trezzini, Bruno; Bickenbach, Jerome, Univ Lucerne, Dept Hlth Sci \& Med, Luzern,
  Switzerland.'
author: Trezzini, Bruno and Schuller, Victoria and Schupbach, Sabrina and Bickenbach,
  Jerome
author-email: bruno.trezzini@paraplegie.ch
author_list:
- family: Trezzini
  given: Bruno
- family: Schuller
  given: Victoria
- family: Schupbach
  given: Sabrina
- family: Bickenbach
  given: Jerome
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/09687599.2020.1768053
earlyaccessdate: JUN 2020
eissn: 1360-0508
files: []
issn: 0968-7599
journal: DISABILITY \& SOCIETY
keywords: 'active citizenship; parity of participation; work and employment;

  barriers and facilitators; lived experience; qualitative research'
keywords-plus: 'INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP; SOCIAL-JUSTICE;

  EMPLOYMENT; WORK; PHOTOVOICE; POLICY; PERSPECTIVE; REFLECTIONS;

  WHEELCHAIR'
language: English
month: JUN 28
number: '6'
number-of-cited-references: '87'
orcid-numbers: Bickenbach, Jerome/0000-0003-3070-4407
pages: 925-951
papis_id: a675f41fcf9dfb8130e47c24cba15119
ref: Trezzini2021environmentalbarrier
times-cited: '6'
title: Environmental barriers to and facilitators of labour market participation as
  experienced by disabled people living in Switzerland
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000543556000001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '20'
volume: '36'
web-of-science-categories: Rehabilitation; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2021'