ROUNDTABLE ON

INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT NEEDS OF PERSONS

DEALING WITH ILLNESS:

IDENTIFYING THE POPULATION

Adele D. Furrie

Adele Furrie Consulting Inc.

Towards a better understanding of the dynamics of disability and its impact on employment, 2010

Labour Market and Income Support Programs in Canada for Persons with Disabilities – 2nd Edition, 2011

Validation of Research Elements on Episodic, Moderate and Short-Term Disabilities and Employment, 2013

literature review environmental scan of availability of administrative data and statistical survey data

Available atwww.adelefurrie.ca

OPERATIONALIZING THE DEFINITION OF EPISODIC

DISABILITY

FREQUENCY of limitationSEVERITY of limitationUNDERLYING health problemIMPACT on employment

LIST OF EPISODIC CONDITIONS1. Arthritis

2. Asthma

3. Cancer

4. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease

Chronic bronchitis Emphysema

5. Chronic fatigue syndrome

6. Chronic pain

7. Chronic inflammatory demeyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)

8. Crohns and Colitis

9. Diabetes

10. Epilepsy

11. Fibromyalgia

12. Hepatitis C

13. HIV/AIDS

14. Lupus

15. Mental health conditions Depression Anxiety Bi-Polar Disorder Schizophrenia

16. Meniere’s Disease

17. Multiple Sclerosis

18. Migraines

19. Parkinson’s Disease

20. Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID)

SOME DATA FROM THE 2012 CSD

People with disabilitiesaged 15 to 64 years

2,338,200

…. and has an “episodic” condition1,231,200

… and does not have an “episodic” condition

1,107,000

… and has intermittent work capacity380,600

… and is completely prevented from working

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… and has no impact on employment

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… and has intermittent work capacity

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… and is completely prevented from working

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… and has no impact on employment

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