Canadian Press/Toronto Globe and Mail:

Canada’s national statistics agency reports that the percentage of people with disabilities who are finding work is growing faster than the percentage of those who don’t. People with disabilities were still far more likely to be jobless, however, than people without disabilities.

In its latest report, Statistics Canada found that the employment rate for people with disabilities rose from 49.3 percent to 53.5 percent between 2001 and 2006. Among people without disabilities, the employment rate increased from 73.8 percent to 75.1 percent over the same time period.

The nation’s economic health probably had much to do with the employment surge, said Andrew MacKenzie of Statistics Canada.

“As the labor market got tighter and it became more difficult for employers to be able to attract employees, we suspect that the employers became more open to being flexible in terms of the work arrangements that people with disabilities may need,” Mr. MacKenzie said Thursday from Ottawa.

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