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What are the Benefits and Challenges of Hiring Disabled Individuals? [PDF]

, 2018
[Excerpt] Having a diverse workforce is essential for a successful global economy. A recent survey of national and multinational companies report that executives often identify disability as an area that needs improvement in their diversity and inclusion
Deshmukh, Renu, Song, Jenny
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Structure–Function Decoupling of the Sensorimotor and Default Mode Networks in Black Americans With MS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibits racially disparate rates of disease progression. Black people with MS (B‐PwMS) experience a more severe disease course than non‐Hispanic White people with MS (NHW‐PwMS). Here we investigated structural and functional connectivity as well as structure–function decoupling in the ...
Emilio Cipriano, Giacomo Boffa, Maria Petracca, Marta Ponzano, Nicole Graziano, Claire Wigley, Claire Riley, Jonathan Howard, Pietro Bontempi, Sylvia Klineova, Fred Lublin, Matilde Inglese   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the Employment Rates of People with Disabilities Through Vocational Education [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
During the 2001-8 period, the employment rate of people with a disability remained remarkably low in most western economies, hardly responding to better macroeconomic conditions and favourable anti-discrimination legislation and interventions. Continuing health and productivity improvements in the general population are leaving people with disabilities
Mavromaras, Kostas G., Polidano, Cain
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Paramagnetic Rim Lesions Are Associated With Trans‐Synaptic Degeneration of the Visual Pathway in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Retrograde trans‐synaptic degeneration (rTSD) from posterior visual pathway lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by hemi‐macular ganglion cell‐inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thinning and contralateral visual field loss.
Abdul Jaber Tayem, Angel Liu, Sargis Manukyan, Mustafa Subhi, Elaina Luskin, Bryan Quah, Sreekanth Madhusoodhanan Nair, Arzu C. Has Silemek, Gabriela Zabala, Yujie Cui, Laura Locke, Paula Barreras, Marwa Kaisey, Vinicius Calsavara, Daniel S. Reich, Nancy L. Sicotte, Pascal Sati, Omar Al‐Louzi   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative View of Equality Under the UN Convention on the Rights of PERSONS with Disabilities and the Disability Laws of the United States and Canada

The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 2015
In 2006, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [CRPD], the first international treaty addressing specifically the rights of people with disabilities, including in the workplace.
Arlene S Kanter
doaj   +1 more source

United Republic of Tanzania Country Profile [PDF]

, 2004
[From Introduction] The country study for the United Republic of Tanzania is part of the ILO project Employment of People with Disabilities – the Impact of Legislation , funded by the Government of Ireland, which aims to enhance the capacity of national
ILO InFocus Programme on Skills, Knowledge and Employability, International Labour Office   +1 more
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Financial Distress and Its Determinants in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To quantify the degree of financial distress and identify its determinants in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) given the frequent prolonged use of expensive disease‐modifying therapies. Methods We identified adults enrolled in the FORWARD databank with either RA or noninflammatory musculoskeletal disease (NIMSKD) completing the ...
Amber Brown Keebler, Yunju Im, Sofia Pedro, Ted R. Mikuls, Edward S. Peters, Kaleb Michaud   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legal Regulation Problems of Employment Quoting for People with Disabilities

Сибирское юридическое обозрение, 2014
The article deals with the definition of employment quoting, the analysis of changes in legal regulation of employment quotas for people with disabilities during the last decade, here is considered the effectiveness of employment quotas as the means of ...
R. N. Zhavoronkov
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Disability and Labor Market Exclusion: Evidence from Indonesia

Sustainability Science and Resources, 2022
In accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) No. 8 on Decent Work and Economic Growth, people with and without disabilities have equal rights to access decent and productive jobs.
Rika Kumala Dewi, Ridho Al Izzati, Asep Suryahadi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rimi Lietuva, UAB: Journey towards employment of people with disability

, 2022
Rimi Lietuva is one of the largest retailers in Lithuania. Rimi Lietuva's retail network is designed to meet the most diverse needs of customers and to serve them as well as possible. The company has more than 3000 employees representing various generations, different nationalities, various backgrounds and different skills and abilities.
Stankeviciute, Zivile, Savaneviciene, Asta, Girdauskiene, Lina, Laliene, Rasa   +3 more
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