#Jobs4ALL Twitter Chat: Disability Employment Statistics
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Location: Twitter Chat
Moderator: @AUCDNews
Host: @disabilitystats
Featuring Andrew Houtenville, Research Director at the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability.
Dr. Andrew Houtenville is an Associate Professor of Economics and Research Director of at the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire. He is extensively involved in disability statistics and employment policy research. He has been published widely in the areas of disability statistics and the economic status of people with disabilities. Dr. Houtenville received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of New Hampshire in 1997 and was a National Institute on Aging Post-Doctoral Fellow at Syracuse University in 1998/1999. He was also a Senior Research Associate at Cornell University and New Editions Consulting in McLean, Virginia.
Questions:
Q0: Introduce yourself! What is your interest in disability employment?
Q1: What do you think government can do to reduce the employment gap?
Q2: What do you think businesses can do to reduce the employment gap?
Q3: How can government compel businesses to take action to reduce the employment gap?
Q4: Are Social Security disability programs (SSDI and SSI) a safety net or a trap for PWD?
Q5: Is it accurate to say that the employment of people with disabilities is a bi-partisan issue?
