Modest boost in hiring of ppl with disabilities could add ‘$40bn to GDP’
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As the world marks the International Day of People with Disability, advocates say up until now there has no progress in the employment outcomes of people with disabilities. A new report by Access Economics calculates a 10 per cent increase in hiring of people with disabilities could result in a potential $40 billion boost to the economy over the next decade. People with disabilities are one-and-a-half times more likely than the wider population to be unemployed.
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