In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Disability Economic Policy Research Consortium, which the Academy co-convenes with the Roosevelt Institute, hosted Disability Employment and Economic Security.
Work should be a pathway to economic security, yet too many disabled people encounter barriers that limit opportunities, suppress earnings, or force impossible tradeoffs between work and essential benefits. Our panelists explored explore what it will take to remove those barriers—from building accessible, inclusive workplaces to modernizing public benefits like Supplemental Security Income (SSI)—so that disabled people can work, save, and thrive without risking the essential support they need.
Speakers included:
- Taryn Williams, National Partnership for Women & Families
- Stephen Nuñez, Roosevelt Institute
- Diego Mariscal, 2Gether-International
- Chantel Sheaks, Mindset
- Rebecca Vallas, National Academy of Social Insurance
This panel marks the third event in our virtual panel series, which brings together advocates, researchers, and policy professionals to consider what it will take to create an economy that works for disabled people.