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Income at Risk: Unemployment Continues to Hit Those with Disabilities Hard, Reports Allsup.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 23-APR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Recession, job loss, high wait times for Social Security Disability Insurance combine to leave people with disabilities struggling to secure financial footing

BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- People with disabilities are consistently experiencing a higher rate of unemployment, and those unable to return to work due to their disabilities may face years of waiting before receiving their Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. These findings are part of a study by Allsup, a leading provider of Social Security disability, financial and healthcare-related services to people with disabilities.

The Allsup Disability Study: Income at Risk shows that for the first quarter of 2009, people with disabilities experienced an unemployment rate 56 percent higher than people without disabilities. Specifically, the unemployment rate for the first quarter averaged 13.4 percent for people with disabilities, compared to 8.6 percent for people with no disabilities, according to...

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