On March 5, 2021, ICD – Institute for Career Development was featured in a New York Times article that reveals just how devastating the COVID-19 pandemic has been for employment among individuals with disabilities. The author of the piece states,
Even in good times, people with disabilities are often left behind . . . Before the pandemic, their unemployment rate was 12.2 percent [in NYC] — more than triple the overall city rate of 4 percent . . . the overall unemployment rate in New York City has more than tripled since 2019. If the increase among workers with disabilities merely matched that, it would exceed 35 percent.
Not only does the piece quote both our CEO, Susan Scheer, and one of our participants, Yvonne Price, but it is also the formal launch of the Center for an Urban Future’s report on the same topic in which ICD plays an even larger role.
Check it out here.