2021 nTIDE Year In Review - A Story Of True Grit

Fast Takes – Ep 35 People with disabilities have remained the bright spot on the employment front, showing true grit in the face of economic upheaval. As economic recovery continues, people with disabilities continue to outpace their counterparts without disabilities in the labor market. Throughout the last quarter of 2021, the job numbers for people with disabilities remained above pre-pandemic levels, according to the semi-monthly National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD). This contrasts with the trend for people without disabilities, who have yet to reach pre-pandemic levels of employment. The nTIDE team closely monitors job numbers in the U.S. for people with and without disabilities, issuing semi-monthly nTIDE reports as the labor market continues to reflect the many challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this Year-in-Review podcast, the co-founders of nTIDE, John O’Neill, PhD, director of the Center for Employment and Disability Research at Kessler Foundation, and Andrew Houtenville, PhD, research director of UNH-IOD, reflect on how these two groups fared in the workforce during 2021, as the pandemic continues to affect businesses and the economy. John O'Neill, PhD, kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/John-ONeill Andrew Houtenville, PhD, iod.unh.edu/person/houtenville/andrew University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD), https://www.researchondisability.org/ nTIDE, https://kesslerfoundation.org/researchcenter/disabilityemployment/nTIDE Each nTIDE release is followed by a Lunch & Learn webinar at 12:00 ET. Register for upcoming webinars, and view the nTIDE archives here: www.researchondisability.org/ntide =============================================== Tuned into our podcast series lately? Join our listeners in 90 countries who enjoy learning about the work of Kessler Foundation. Be sure to subscribe to our SoundCloud channel “KesslerFoundation” for more research updates. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, or wherever you get your podcasts. This podcast was recorded remotely on February 3, 2022, and was edited and produced by Joan Banks-Smith, Creative Producer for Kessler Foundation.