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1. An Employment Snapshot of People with Disabilities in California
2. Who we are
3. Who makes up this project?
4. Consumer Survey - Pilot
5. Consumer Survey - current run
6. Gender
7. Race/Ethnicity
8. Education/Income
9. Employment rates
10. Income

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An Employment Snapshot of People with Disabilities in California

Patricia Yeager, Principal Investigator
Stephen Kaye, Co-Principal Investigator
Myisha Reed, Project Coordinator

Work RERC State of the Science Conference
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Graphic: Community Research for Assistive Technology: Improving Access Through Collaboration

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Who we are

• Statewide trade association of ILCs
• Technical assistance and information hub
• Advocacy and systems change
• And more!

Graphic: ATNetwork: Assitive Technology - Tools for Living. Map of California shows the locations of the ATNetwork offices (ILCs).

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Who makes up this project?

• National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
• ILCs throughout California
• Technology for Independence: A Community-Based Resource Center (CBRC)
• California State University, Northridge - Center on Disabilities
• University of California, San Francisco
• University of Northern Colorado

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Consumer Survey - Pilot

• 308 Californians with disabilities
• Collected responses from October 2003 through February 2004
• Administered by mail, in-person, telephone, and Internet
• 66 questions covering priorities

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Consumer Survey - current run

• Consumers identified through ILCs
• Surveys completed by mail, telephone and Internet
• Surveys identified by alpha-numeric coding
• Incentives to both consumers and ILCs

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Gender

Graphic: Pie chart shows the following information on gender of survey participants:

• Female - 59%
• Male - 40%
• Transgender / intersex - 1%

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Race/Ethnicity

Graphic: Bar chart shows the following information on race/ethnicity of survey participants:

• White - 61%
• African American - 17%
• Asian - 3%
• American Indian / Alaskan Native - 8%
• Latino - 16%

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Education/Income

• 65% have a high school diploma
• 26% have a college degree
• Median income: $10,000-15,000

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Employment rates

• 21% are employed
• 5% work full time
• 13% work part time
• 4% self-employed
• 5% working fewer hours than they would like

Employment rate rises dramatically with educational attainment

• 11% for those without high school diploma
• 35% for those with advanced degrees

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Income

Median household incomes

• Employed full time: $25,000-35,000
• Employed part time: $10,000-15,000

Median household income increases with educational attainment

• Without high school diplomas: $5,000-10,000
• With advanced degrees: $15,000-20,000

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