Work Inclusion of people with disabilities
Lama, Chhimi; Osimen, Boboyankin (2019)
Lama, Chhimi
Osimen, Boboyankin
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201904104748
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201904104748
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The goal of this research was to identify the factors that affect the employment of people with disabilities, the benefits associated with employing people with disabilities and its effect on the economy. Most importantly, the aim was to come up with suggestions for employers when employing or dealing with people with disabilities.
Qualitative methods were used to answer the research questions. Interviews and observations were used to collect the primary data, while journals, news and articles were used in collecting secondary data.
The authors could see from the research that prejudice, in the sense of the belief that people with disabilities can only do job such as cleaning and logistic, still exists in society, whereas the theoretical framework, shows that people with disabilities can outperform normal people in many ways. This would be discussed throughout the research. Previous studies inform that it is more expensive to exclude people with disabilities than to include them. During this research, the authors identified that many employers assume, it is more expensive to employ people with disabilities. This however, indicates that employers with such assumptions were less informed of government support such as pay subsidy, tools subsidy and job coaching.
Based on the results of the research, the author recommends that children with disabilities should be sent to normal school, as they learn to integrate with other children without disabilities at a young age. It is also recommended that a job coach or employer should match people with disabilities with the right job and hours. The final recommendation is that the government should enact regulations that will oblige employers to pay fully and not partially for work done by people with disabilities.
This research work will benefit the stakeholders who are employing or intending to employ people with disabilities. The research gives insight in how to deal with people with disabilities. The authors will also present the finished report to the Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (FAIDD) in support of their contribution towards the better inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Keyword: Prejudice, people with disabilities, workplace inclusion, cost of disability, governmental benefits and barriers
Qualitative methods were used to answer the research questions. Interviews and observations were used to collect the primary data, while journals, news and articles were used in collecting secondary data.
The authors could see from the research that prejudice, in the sense of the belief that people with disabilities can only do job such as cleaning and logistic, still exists in society, whereas the theoretical framework, shows that people with disabilities can outperform normal people in many ways. This would be discussed throughout the research. Previous studies inform that it is more expensive to exclude people with disabilities than to include them. During this research, the authors identified that many employers assume, it is more expensive to employ people with disabilities. This however, indicates that employers with such assumptions were less informed of government support such as pay subsidy, tools subsidy and job coaching.
Based on the results of the research, the author recommends that children with disabilities should be sent to normal school, as they learn to integrate with other children without disabilities at a young age. It is also recommended that a job coach or employer should match people with disabilities with the right job and hours. The final recommendation is that the government should enact regulations that will oblige employers to pay fully and not partially for work done by people with disabilities.
This research work will benefit the stakeholders who are employing or intending to employ people with disabilities. The research gives insight in how to deal with people with disabilities. The authors will also present the finished report to the Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (FAIDD) in support of their contribution towards the better inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Keyword: Prejudice, people with disabilities, workplace inclusion, cost of disability, governmental benefits and barriers