Presentation
Employment Challenges and Opportunities post COVID
Interagency Committee on Disability Research Virtual Symposium on Employment for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities: Translating Evidence Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2021)
Abstract
Dr. John Butterworth shared a macro view of the impact that the pandemic has had on people with disabilities in the labor market. People with intellectual or developmental disabilities were more affected by the pandemic than people with other disabilities. Much of this is because of the programmatic approach to providing services.
Through talking to individuals and conducting structured interviews with employment consultants and other employment support professionals about how they adapted to the pandemic circumstances, researchers found that there is a need to rethink the ways supports are provided and what is needed to support individuals. Dr. Butterworth notes that the pandemic showed that a program-based model is not sufficiently person-centered or sufficiently resilient to help people achieve outcomes like employment or to fully engage in the community. Researchers found that flexibility, individualization, connections through technology, and virtual and remote supports were all benefits of pivots made due to the pandemic.
Keywords
- Employment,
- COVID
Disciplines
Publication Date
July 28, 2021
Citation Information
John Butterworth. "Employment Challenges and Opportunities post COVID" Interagency Committee on Disability Research Virtual Symposium on Employment for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities: Translating Evidence Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-butterworth/65/