Immigrants with disabilities more frequently employed than US-bo...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 03/08/2010 - 23:00

(Nationwide Children's Hospital) As the immigrant population grows, understanding its disability status and employment characteristics becomes increasingly important.

People, both native and foreign-born, with disabilities make important contributions to our society, and many individuals continue to work despite a wide range of impairments.

A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital focuses on disability and employment among working-age immigrants in the United States.


 

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