Lessons from the Foreign Experience: How Some Other Countries Deal with the Current United States Barriers to Employment of People with Disabilities

by Ilene Zeitzer

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of a number of the practices that are proving successful in foreign countries for helping to retain workers who develop a disabling condition or in employing people with disabilities. The paper will also discuss the practicality and possibility for success if these practices were to be applied and adopted in the United States.