Measures to fight the “benefits trap”

People with disabilities want to work

It proves they’re disabled

44 %Employment rate of persons with disabilities late 2000s (OECD 2010)

75 %Employment rate of persons with no disabilities late 2000s (OECD 2010)

OECD 2010

49 %

So what you’re saying is, that I have to be declared disabled and unabled to work before I am allowed to

go to work?

Disability benefit is pretty much a life sentence

OECD 2010

“If you are out of work for more than six-months,

your chances of committing suicide are 40 times higher than if you

are working. “

Unum Centre for Psychological and Disability Research

Curtis, Garian, Gawdiak, Osborne and Solsten

From people with disabilities are unable to work …

Towards people with disabilities need support to work !

From inability to work is medically determinable …

Towards impairments often pose real difficulties but are not the main barrier to work !

From work as a burden (the price to pay to have holydays) …

Towards work as a social good (the road to self worth, social status and belonging) !

From income security as a gift …

Towards income security as a human right !

From only full time paid job deserves respect …

Towards paid work is not the only way to participate to the community !

An enabling disability benefit

system• Participation expectations for

all• Work expectations for many,

but not all• Access to comprehensive,

integrated services that support community participation and employment

• Operating principles : accessibility, equity, adequacy, portability, responsiveness and consumer control

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Employment SupportsEarnings ExemptionsWorkplace

AccommodationsFollow-up Supports

Income support

Extra costs allowance

Voluntary Work

Part-time or Intermitted

Employment

Assistance through Employment

Full Time Employment

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are

Anais Nin