Project Overview
The Employer Disability Practices Center Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (EDPC RRTC) conducts research to examine the efficacy and scalability of employer practices to create positive employment outcomes for workers with disabilities. A multi-disciplinary team of researchers across multiple universities conducts rigorous studies across five focused research projects in collaboration with the National Organization on Disability. The findings will provide individuals with disabilities and their employers access to practical, timely, and effective knowledge to explore paths to employment and career advancement.
The five research areas include: (1) analyzing employer policies and practices and employee perceptions through the NOD Disability Employment Tracker; (2) exploring reactions to company disability hiring policies; (3) a first-of-its-kind randomized control trial on employee and supervisor interventions focused on invisible disabilities; (4) gathering evidence on best practices to help smaller businesses hire, retain, and support workers with disabilities; and (5) assessing healthcare workers’ experiences with employer disability-related practices.
Goals and Objectives
- Conduct rigorous research to establish best practices and knowledge bases for employers, workers, researchers, and disability organizations.
- Examine what policies and practices employers currently have in place for employees with disabilities.
- Explore how job seekers and employees react to employer disability practices and policies.
- Develop rigorous evidence on the efficacy of employee and supervisor focused interventions to improve employment outcomes associated with workplace accommodations.
- Gather evidence on best practices and frameworks to help small and medium-sized businesses hire, retain, accommodate, and support workers with disabilities.
Contact Information
BBI Lead Investigator: Fitore Hyseni
Email: fhyseni@syr.edu
Website: employerdisabilitypractices.org
Funding Agency
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
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