HSS 1101 Lecture 4: Lecture 4.2

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 1101
• Professor: Raywat Deonandan

Document Summary

Women have a higher prevalence of disability in almost all age groups. Prevalence in disability rates in women and men. Women tend to assume responsibility for childrearing and elder care and are more likely to be lone parents and to have fewer opportunities for stable, high-paid employment. Women with disabilities are more likely than their male counterparts to live below the low income cut- off. Disability is an impediment to employment, and therefore a gateway to low income and poverty. While about 82% of americans are employed, only 52% of disabled americans have a job and only 26% of those considered to be severely disabled. In canada, disabled men earn about 10,000 less than their non-disabled counterparts, with the gap for women being slightly less. Disabled adults in canada are about half as likely to receive a university degree, thus affecting their employability, quality of life and earning potential. Companies are slow to hire people with declared disabilities.