Research on Disability

06/03/2026

There is still time to register for this week's ! This episode will feature guest presenter Victoria Phillips, Mental Health Association in Atlantic County, and Donald Campbell, Atlantic Center for Independent Living, Inc.
We encourage you to join us! https://ow.ly/8xZF50Z5BOb

nTIDE is brought to you by the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability, Association of University Centers on Disability, and Kessler Foundation.

06/01/2026

Take a lunch break with ! We invite you to attend June's nTIDE Lunch & Learn session: Pathways to Work: Navigating Employment with Complex Life Challenges.
Register today:
https://ow.ly/fo9F50Z5BmE

nTIDE is brought to you by the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability, Association of University Centers on Disability, and Kessler Foundation.

05/08/2026

On the first Friday of every month, corresponding with the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, the national Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) team offers a live broadcast via Zoom Webinar to share numbers and the latest news about disability employment. Join us to hear from our hosts and expert panelists from the field who discuss current topics, findings and events.

05/05/2026

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

People with disabilities are 2.7x more likely to have a depression diagnosis compared to people without disabilities.
Statistics like this help quantify differences in lived experiences across populations. For more data, explore our compendium: https://ow.ly/VN6h50YTfiF

05/01/2026

There is still time to register for next Friday's ! This episode will feature guest presenter Kimberly Knackstedt. Kimberly is the principal consultant and founder of Unlock Access, LLC. She has more than a decade of accessibility and disability policy experience. She brings experience as a person with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and chronic illnesses to her accessibility and policy perspectives. We're excited for this session, please join us! https://ow.ly/Qfhu50YRetp

04/29/2026

Take a lunch break with ! We invite you to attend May's nTIDE Lunch & Learn session: The Power of Partnerships: How The Access Coalition Drives Accessibility in Retail. Register now: https://ow.ly/FPRA50YRe7Q

04/23/2026

It’s been great to see an increase in technical assistance (TA) requests since . We’ve received a wide range of inquiries, from questions about individual research projects, to our "build your own statistics" tool and more. Thank you to everyone who has reached out so far, and please keep the requests coming!

The Research on Disability team is happy to offer Technical assistance about disability statistics.

04/17/2026

People with disabilities are 2.4x more likely to be unemployed compared to people without disabilities. For more insights and detailed statistics, check out our 2026 Compendium: https://ow.ly/hYsb50YIQ6n

04/14/2026

In case you missed the latest report, the employment-to-population ratio for people with disabilities (ages 16-64) increased from 38.1% in February 2026 to 38.5% in March 2026 (up 1 percent or 0.4 percentage points). This ratio reflects the percentage of people who are working relative to the total population.