Employment of persons with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

The task of comparing employment rates of persons with disabilities against those without disabilities is complicated and restricted by the limited availability of employment data that is disaggregated by disability. Moreover, discrepancies between disability-specific data that does exist and internationally-recognized employment data put the reliability of certain analysis into question. Ultimately this serves to reinforce the core message of the previous Disability at a Glance publication — namely that disability disaggregation should be incorporated into mainstream data collection processes, and that international standards of disability classification should be followed.

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