ABSTRACT
The Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has compiled an impressive report, one that makes a significant contribution to people understanding of the determinants of disability as well as the formulation of policy guidelines to mitigate the social welfare losses from this problem. Inequities in the provision of disability benefits are significant. In the OECD, nearly 20% of the disabled of working age receives no income from either work or benefits. The OECD case for making disability policy consistent with unemployment policy is strong and deserves serious consideration in all member states. The main reason is that the personal incomes of disabled people are heavily dependent on whether the people find work. In fact, divorcing employment policy from disability policy is tantamount to excluding disabled people from playing a productive part in modern economies, thus compounding the problem that disability policy is meant to help overcome.
