Telework After COVID: A “Silver Lining” for Workers with Disabilities?

• Published in: Journal of occupational rehabilitation Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 521 - 536
• Main Authors: Schur, Lisa A., Ameri, Mason, Kruse, Douglas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2020; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Clinical Psychology; Contingency tables; COVID-19; Disabilities; Disabled Persons; Economic conditions; Employers; Employment; Environmental Health; Epidemics; Female; Forecasts and trends; Health Psychology; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Orthopedics; Pandemics; People with disabilities; Polls & surveys; Regression analysis; Rehabilitation; SARS-CoV-2; Self employed home workers; Shaking; Surveys; Telecommuting; Teleworking; United States; Work at home; Workers with disabilities; Workplace; United States; Right to employment; Work location; Pay equity; Employment insecurity; Discrimination

Purpose The COVID pandemic was a severe blow to all workers, but it may ultimately have a silver lining for some workers with disabilities if it makes work from home easier and more acceptable. In addition, the pandemic is shaking up traditional workplace structures and causing employers to rethink...