It is now widely recognised that people with disabilities suffer discrimination when it comes to employment opportunities. A report by the National Disability Authority in 2005 highlighted that the employment rate of people with disabilities aged 15 to 64 years was 37.1% while the corresponding figure for non-disabled people was 67%. An examination of employment rates by gender revealed that women have lower rates of employment than men, but that this was equally applicable to people with and without disabilities.
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