Measures to fight the “benefits trap”
People with disabilities want to work
It proves they’re disabled
44 %Employment rate of persons with disabilities late 2000s (OECD 2010)
75 %Employment rate of persons with no disabilities late 2000s (OECD 2010)
OECD 2010
49 %
So what you’re saying is, that I have to be declared disabled and unabled to work before I am allowed to
go to work?
Disability benefit is pretty much a life sentence
OECD 2010
“If you are out of work for more than six-months,
your chances of committing suicide are 40 times higher than if you
are working. “
Unum Centre for Psychological and Disability Research
Curtis, Garian, Gawdiak, Osborne and Solsten
From people with disabilities are unable to work …
Towards people with disabilities need support to work !
From inability to work is medically determinable …
Towards impairments often pose real difficulties but are not the main barrier to work !
From work as a burden (the price to pay to have holydays) …
Towards work as a social good (the road to self worth, social status and belonging) !
From income security as a gift …
Towards income security as a human right !
From only full time paid job deserves respect …
Towards paid work is not the only way to participate to the community !
An enabling disability benefit
system• Participation expectations for
all• Work expectations for many,
but not all• Access to comprehensive,
integrated services that support community participation and employment
• Operating principles : accessibility, equity, adequacy, portability, responsiveness and consumer control
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Employment SupportsEarnings ExemptionsWorkplace
AccommodationsFollow-up Supports
Income support
Extra costs allowance
Voluntary Work
Part-time or Intermitted
Employment
Assistance through Employment
Full Time Employment
We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are
Anais Nin
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