2022
People with a cognitive disability are more likely than their peers to be unemployed and live in poverty
States vary in the percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who apply to vocational rehabilitation and progress to services.
Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities want to work, but this is often not reflected in their service plans.
Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with intellectual and developmental disabilities are unlikely to be employed.
There are differences in employment rates of SSI recipients across 4 disability sub-groups.
What percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are working?
What percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities close out of vocational rehabilitation services?
2021
What percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are working, and how much are they earning?
2020
Women with a cognitive disability earn less than men with a cognitive disability despite being employed at similar rates.
There are disparities in workforce participation between white and black individuals with intellectual and developmental disability.
States spend more on facility-based work than integrated employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
There are differences in employment rates of SSI recipients across 4 disability sub-groups.
2019
Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities want to work, but this is often not reflected in their service plans.
What percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities close out of vocational rehabilitation services?
People with a cognitive disability are more likely than their peers to be unemployed and live in poverty.
What percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are working, and how much are they earning?
Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with intellectual and developmental disabilities are unlikely to be employed.
2018
The number of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities served by state agencies has risen faster than the number who get employment services
States vary in the percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who apply to vocational rehabilitation and progress to services.