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Disability in Canada affects approximately 8 million individuals aged 15 and older. [1] [2] According to the 2022 survey by Statistics Canada of those reporting a disability nearly 42% of seniors had four or more co-occurring disabilities, while 43% of youth and 36% of working-age adults had two or three types.
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; The study of topics relating to the Department, including: Employment insurance; Employment benefits and support measures; Income security programs; The Canada Labour Code; Post-secondary education and training; Social programs for seniors, families, children and persons with disabilities
The argument commonly used to justify the underemployment of disabled people – lack of skills – does not always apply to the employment of autistic people. [156] A review of the scientific literature shows that the autistic adults most rejected from employment are in fact those with the most behavioural problems. [116]
The Employment Equity Act designates four groups as the beneficiaries of employment equity: [1]. Women; People with disabilities; Aboriginal peoples, a category consisting of Status Indians, Non-status Indians, Métis (people of mixed Indigenous-French ancestry in western Canada), and Inuit (the Indigenous people of the Arctic).
In Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, the employment rate of people with disabilities (44%) is slightly over half that for people without disabilities (75%). People with disabilities often do not receive needed health care. Half of disabled people cannot afford health care, compared to a third of non-disabled people.
A key organisation in supporting disabled people at the 1980 meeting was the Coalition of Provincial Organisations of the Handicapped, COPOH, a national organisation of disabled people in Canada. It was COPOH's policy that any post-trauma rehabilitation of disabled people should be for a limited period only, followed by independent living ...
Council for Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), formerly known as the Coalition of Provincial Organizations of the Handicapped (COPOH), was created by people with disabilities in 1976 to provide support for all people with disabilities who seek the opportunity to go to school, work, volunteer, have a family, and participate in recreational, sport and cultural activities.
In some respects, the expansion of "work from home" arrangements in many businesses has actually improved employment opportunities for disabled people. [19] [20] According to the UN, individuals with disabilities are more likely to lose their jobs as a result of the pandemic and face more difficulty returning to work during the recovery period. [2]