Just 1% of employees in Australia’s largest companies are people with disabilities – that is despite the fact that almost 20% of the population live with a disability.
The unemployment rate among disabled Australians is 53.4%, and advocates say that is not just bad for those with a disability but for the
economy more broadly.
- Topics:
- Employment
- Author:
- The Drum
- Source:
- ABC TV
- Date published:
- Wed 1st Dec, 2021