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Discussion Roundtable (Organizers: Lisa Maureen Stewart, California State University, Monterey Bay; Claudia Sellmaier, University of Washington; Eileen M Brennan, Portland State University): Disability, Family Care, and Inclusive Workplaces

Recent research has examined the complex situation of workers affected by their disabilities, by providing care for family members having disabilities or health problems, and by seeking full inclusion in their workplaces. As we learn more about both the challenges and opportunities faced by these diverse workers, care responsibilities that affect their engagement in the workplace, and organizational practices that promote full inclusion, new questions arise that are crucial to discuss. Members of WFRN’s Networking Community on Disability, Work, and Family have identified compelling and current questions that need to be considered to better improve about those workers with disabilities or with exceptional care responsibilities, and the response of the organizations that employ them. We are proposing to conduct a roundtable discussion that will consider major questions being explored in current research studies which address the key areas of disability, family care, and workplace inclusion. Each member of our team of 10 discussants from Canada, Croatia, United Kingdom, and United States will identify questions based on their recent research findings. Our roundtable discussion also aims to influence future investigations, shape their emerging questions, and reveal policy issues that flow from current studies and need to be informed by new research. Areas to be discussed include: • What are the criteria for disclosure at work of information regarding the worker’s disability or a family member’s need for disability or special health care? • What community resources and adjustments are effective in assisting workers with disabilities or exceptional care responsibilities to maintain employment and their well-being? • How have COVID-19 and the associated shut-downs affected families with exceptional care responsibilities? • How can immigrant workers with disability concerns be supported as they simultaneously deal with work demands and family responsibilities? • Are there generational differences in the experiences of caregivers who have provided disability care to family members? • What cultural and identity differences affect the full inclusion of workers with disabilities, or who provide disability care, within their communities and workplaces? • What are the sources of inequity in the allocation of care work by gender, income, living arrangements, and generational cohort? • As employees strive for full inclusion within their workplaces, how can organizations better develop policies and practices that make it possible for those with disabilities or exceptional care responsibilities to reach full inclusion and more positive work-family spillover? • Which policy levers can be used to more fully integrate people with disabilities and/or exceptional care responsibilities into the workforce and deal with equity issues for those providing unpaid care? • What are the most pressing research issues needing further exploration to help workers with disabilities or exceptional care responsibilities achieve the work and family outcomes they most value?

Disability ; Family Care ; Inclusive Workplaces ; Culture differences ; Identity

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