According to the AAIDD (The American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) Intellectual disability is a“disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behaviour, which covers many everyday social and practical skills.” In simpler terms it is having difficulties with learning, problem solving, reasoning and in some cases communicating. These factors can affect many aspects of their live such as independent living and working. According to the Census 2002 the work participation rate for people with a disability was 23.2% and the rate for people with no disability was 63.3%.This leaves a gap of 40.1%!! In my opinion this needs to change as there are many benefits associated with working which I will discuss in this blog.