Promoting training and employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities: international experience

The International Labour Organisation is a world organisation working to make sure that everyone has equal chances to work. They made a document on jobs and people with disabilities. In this paper, they try to make more chances for people with disabilities everywhere in the world to get a job.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has recently published a working paper on training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

The paper draws the picture of the work opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities worldwide, by elaborating on examples of high and low income countries. In line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ILO Convention 159 on employment for people with disabilities, the working paper presents measures to open employment opportunities for people with disabilities and develops new approaches to training and employment.

The paper is also aiming at examining changes over time in the understanding of intellectual disability and the capacity of persons with disabilities to learn. It is available here.

The International Labour Organisation

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is a global organisation focusing on drawing up and overseeing international labour standards. Its latest working paper on training and employment for people with disabilities is not its first attempt to promote equality in employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Recently, ILO has also launched an online guide entitled “Achieving Equal Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities through Legislation”. Its aim is “to support improved capacity of governments in collaboration with social partners and civil society to design, implement and evaluate legislation that effectively supports equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities”. More information on the guide is provided here.