Australia is lagging when it comes to employing people with disability – quotas for disability services could be a start
- Written by: Damian Mellifont, Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney
ShutterstockAustralia is lagging behind other countries when it comes to employing people with disability.
A gulf exists between the employment rates of working-aged Australians with and without disability. The gap here is 32%, much higher than countries such as Sweden (9.5%), Finland (12.4%), France (9.9%) and Italy (13.3%).
Clearly, Australia...