Impact of Disability on Working Age Population in India

This paper tries to study the impact in terms of loss and change of work as a result of onset of disability among working adult population of 15 to 60 years in India. Adjusted values reveal that around 40 per cent people have lost their work while only 18 per cent are able to change their work on the onset of disability. Persons having mental, visual and multiple disabilities as well as those who are severely disabled have higher chances of losing their work. We recommend to save the disabled persons from the economic distress by provision of alteration of work or given more breaks in job. There is also a need for a national network of vocational training centres for imparting knowledge and skill which will help them to remain economically active after the onset of disability also.