United States Department of Labor
Office of Disability Employment Policy
Survey of Employer Perspectives on the
Employment of People with Disabilities
Technical Report
November 2008
This report was produced under U.S. Department of Labor Contract No. GS10F006M, B03-009 with
CESSI.
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the
views of the funding agency.
Suggested citation: Domzal, C., Houtenville, A., and Sharma, R. (2008). Survey of Employer Perspectives
on the Employment of People with Disabilities: Technical Report. (Prepared under contract to the Office
of Disability and Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor). McLean, VA: CESSI.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 1
Purpose of the Employer Survey .................................................................................................................. 6
Project Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 7
Sampling ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
Data Collection ............................................................................................................................................. 7
Results ........................................................................................................................................................... 8
Employing People with Disabilities ...................................................................................................... 9
Recruiting People with Disabilities ..................................................................................................... 10
Hiring Peopl