Despite a number of laws intended to accommodate people withdisabilities in the workplace, many disabled employeesreport major obstacles on the job, a new study finds.
A survey conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundationand the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that nearlya third of those with disabilities say they believetheir job is “bad for their disability” and 35 percent say theirjob negatively impacts their overall health.
Furthermore, a majority of workers with disabilities rate theirworkplace as only “fair” or “poor” when asked whether it provides ahealthy work environment. In contrast, only 21 percent of thosewithout disabilities assign their workplace the same lacklusterrating.
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