12/10/2026
Did you know that 700,000 working-age Michiganders live with a cognitive, hearing, ambulatory or visual disability, and 51% of them are unemployed?
At a time when employers are searching for skilled, dependable talent, hundreds of thousands of Michiganders with disabilities remain underrepresented in the workforce.
But there is a way forward.
In a Job Accommodation Network survey, 94% of employers said accessibility support cost nothing or only a one-time expense, and more than half said the accommodations they put in place were very or extremely effective.
Learn more from Kara Hicks, VP of behavioral health services, in this month’s blog post:
By Kara Hicks, VP, Behavioral Health Services, Goodwill of Greater Detroit At a time when employers are searching for skilled, dependable talent, hundreds of thousands of Michiganders with disabilities remain underrepresented in the workforce. Inclusive hiring helps close that gap, creating opportun...