Myth: Employees with disabilities will increase a company's workers compensation rates.
Fact: Workers compensation rates are based solely on the relative hazards of the occupation and the organization's accident experience, and not on whether or not workers have disabilities.
Myth: Workers with disabilities are more likely to have accidents.
Fact: A DuPont study found that workers with disabilities performed significantly higher than their counterparts without disabilities in the area of safety.
Myth: Workers with disabilities have a high absentee rate.
Fact: A DuPont Corporation study found that 85% of its employees with disabilities rated average or above on attendance.
Myth: Individuals with disabilities are not reliable.
Fact: Individuals with disabilities tend to remain on the job and maintain better levels of attendance. A U.S. Chamber of Commerce study revealed that workers with disabilities had an 80% lower turnover rate.
Myth: Individuals with disabilities are unable to meet performance standards.
Fact: A DuPont study found that 90% of employees with disabilities rated average or better in job performance. A 1987 Louis Harris and Associates survey found that workers with disabilities have about the same or better productivity levels than employees without disabilities.
Myth: It will take a worker with a disability a long time to learn the job. Training will be hard and expensive.
Fact: Every worker will require different amounts of time to learn new job responsibilities. Citizens Development Center provides personalized training at no charge.
Myth: Considerable expense is necessary to accommodate workers with disabilities.
Fact: Most job accommodations are simple and inexpensive. According to the Job Accommodation Network, 80% of accommodations cost less than $500.
