In Context
More Disabled Americans Are Employed, Thanks to Remote Work
The pandemic showed employers the benefits of job sharing, flexible hours and other accommodations.
Among the greatest beneficiaries from the rise of remote work are people with disabilities, who’ve entered the US workforce at record levels over the past three years.
Working from home—along with flexible hours, job sharing and other adjustments—has given people who were once on the margins of the labor market the opportunity to join it, says John O’Neill, director of the Center for Employment and Disability Research at Kessler Foundation.