Could disabled workers benefit from the shrinking labour force?

Happy New Year to all!  I’m Scott Savoy, editor of writing services at www.sterlingcreations.ca. 
A brand new year and I have hope and faith that all will be well.  I thank you all for your feedback and comments and today, I am delighted to bring you an editorial by our president Donna J. Jodhan. 
Today, Donna talks about building bridges and breaking down barriers.
I wish you a great day and weekend.
 
 
Could disabled workers benefit from the shrinking labour force?
By Donna J. Jodhan
 
A very interesting question for us to ponder this day but it should not come as either a shocker or shaker.  With more and more aging baby boomers poised to exit the labour force, many are wondering if employers would be willing to drop their attitude barriers and look to the disabled persons labour force for help.  There still exists that in tangent barrier that smacks of an attitude problem when it comes to employers not being very willing or ready to hire disabled persons. 
 
With the present economic uncertainty, you may see that some pre-retirees are probably going to stay on a tad longer in the workplace, and you may find that more retirees would be seeking to find jobs to help supplement their incomes but this does not negate the fact that there is going to be a labour shortage sooner than later.  As a matter of fact, many countries have already started to experience labour shortages due to employees taking early retirement.