2024 Disability Data Blogs
Disability Employment and the Economic Recovery of People with Disabilities from the COVID-19 Pandemic — In celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Employment and Training Administration and ODEP partnered to develop an edition of Trendlines, focusing on disability employment and highlighting the economic recovery of disabled people from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Business Ownership, Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship Among People with Disabilities — To highlight the importance of small businesses and entrepreneurship, the ODEP Research and Evaluation (R&E) team spotlighted data on business ownership and disability status collected by the Annual Business Survey (ABS).
Entrepreneurship Among Disabled People by Industry and Age — Following up on the earlier blog post about business ownership and disability status, ODEP’s R&E team further examined ABS data by industry and Current Population Survey (CPS) data on the self-employed by industry and age.
2022 and 2023 Disability Data Blogs
Employment of People with Disabilities in Skilled Trade Professions — Skilled trade professions include construction, manufacturing, and other careers that are critical to maintaining U.S. infrastructure. This data blog kicks off our series of data spotlights on workers with disabilities in skilled trade professions.