We discuss and critique the main lines of economic research that address the economic status and behavior of the working-age population of people with disabilities. We define this population as those with physical or mental limitations that impede their daily activities or their productivity on...

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction The Evolving ADA -- Part One Road Map to ADA Title I -- Chapter I A Road Map for ADA Title I Research -- Chapter II Employing People with Disabilities -- Chapter III Glass- Ceiling Issues in Employment of People with Disabilities...

The rights of students with disabilities to be educated in their local mainstream school is becoming more and more accepted in most countries, and many reforms are being put in place to achieve this goal. Further, there is no reason to segregate disabled students in public education systems;...

Three important issues have recently attracted researchers to study the economics of disability. First with the availability of sophisticated data sets, it has become possible to conduct highly quantative investigations of the relative economic impacts of various types of disabling health...