More Individuals with Disabilities Seeking Employment

An increasing number of Americans with disabilities are job hunting, new government data suggests. The unemployment rate for people with disabilities ticked up last month to 10.4 percent, a rise over the 9.3 percent jobless rate reported the month prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday. The unemployment rate for people with disabilities ticked up last month to 10.4 percent*, a rise over the 9.3 percent jobless rate reported the month prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday. Read more.

*Internal Regional Center data suggests unemployment rates for individuals with developmental disabilities in CA are at 85%