The importance of work and employment for people with disabilities There is an erroneous assumption among people that a person with a disability is unable or unwilling to work. This assumption is due to the negative attitudes about the disability of people with disabilities and the bias against them as individuals, abilities, and citizens. This misconception may extend to be part of the thinking of some people with disabilities themselves, their families, and employers. Employment officials, however, such an assumption is not correct. People with disabilities, like other people, seem to want to work and want to be given the opportunity to practice work that is appropriate to their abilities, skills, and conditions of disability, with mutual understanding between the worker, the employer, and society. The importance of work for people with disabilities is concentrated in the following: :

First: For a person with a disability:

• Providing basic life requirements Work provides people with disabilities with an economic income that enables them to be self-reliant in providing basic needs for themselves and their families, thus contributing to a positive change in their lifestyle.
• Improving the possibilities of social integration Work contributes to improving opportunities for social inclusion of persons with disabilities in the general life of society, which reduces feelings of frustration and isolation, and contributes to building a family and an independent family.
• Self-esteem Work provides people with disabilities with the opportunity to prove themselves and feel useful through participation roles, and thus contributes to the development of a positive attitude for people with disabilities towards themselves and others.
• Improving general attitudes towards people with disabilities Employment of persons with disabilities provides an opportunity to interact with employers, colleagues, and the rest of the community, which contributes to improving their image as producers and participants in the production process, which is consequently reflected in society's attitudes towards people with disabilities, their needs, and their rights.
• Promote ambition and professional development Employment of persons with disabilities is beneficial in developing their capabilities and skills, in acquiring labor market experience and the requirements of good production, which can contribute to enhancing their professional and career aspirations towards developing their own projects or searching for opportunities for promotion and development in the field of work.

Second: With regard to the state and society:

• Confirm the principles of justice and equality Providing work for citizens, including people with disabilities, represents a commitment by the state to international standards and obligations related to human rights issues and the rejection of all forms of discrimination.
• Optimal investment of human resources Every person, with or without disability, possesses the capabilities and skills that qualify him to contribute to the implementation of jobs that are appropriate to his capabilities, and often the person with disabilities lacks the real opportunity that enables him to prove his eligibility for work, and here, the employment of people with disabilities confirms the state's commitment to investing all its human resources, including People with disabilities, by issuing and activating appropriate legislation and laws.
• Increasing national production Rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities contributes to improving the national economy and increasing national income, by employing them in productive businesses whose income achieves a kind of economic sufficiency for the person with disabilities and his family, and contributes to supporting the state budget through taxes, social security deductions and other contributions that supplement the national economy.
• Providing government support budgets The employment of persons with disabilities will provide a lot of subsidy allocations specified by law for the various segments of poverty and unemployment in society, including persons with disabilities, and usually such government obligations consume an important part of the national income of countries, and here, the rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities represents a real investment for the state from an economic perspective It is estimated that the state can recover the cost of its vocational rehabilitation and employment services for persons with disabilities in a period not exceeding five years, while it can benefit from their productivity for a period that may extend to thirty years, in addition to other social results.
• Achieve demographic balance between the countryside and the city Approximately 80% of persons with disabilities live in rural areas in developing countries that lack rehabilitation facilities and job opportunities, which causes waves of migration from the countryside to the city, with its accompanying social and economic problems. Such phenomena can be reduced by providing training and employment opportunities. For people with disabilities in their areas, and in this context, the community-based rehabilitation methodology comes to provide solutions to many rehabilitation and employment problems for people with disabilities in their communities through the optimal investment of available resources and support for the development of individual and group projects for job seekers with disabilities.
• Poverty alleviation, care programs and government support The disabled are considered one of the social groups targeted for governmental and private care and support programmes, and these programs often deplete a lot of resources, so that allocations for social welfare programs become a burden on the state and society. Hence, it may be best for the state, society and target groups alike, to direct Some resources towards development goals, specifically in the fields of improving training and employment opportunities and creating productive projects for people with disabilities, in a way that contributes to alleviating poverty and unemployment, supports national productivity and achieves social justice.
• Improving social awareness towards disability The success of employment programs for people with disabilities is an important factor in improving social attitudes towards people with disabilities, their abilities, and their work, and thus supports the efforts of the state and civil institutions to expand the circle of governmental and popular interest in this field, and helps in crystallizing legislation and laws that support measures to improve the reality of people with disabilities in life and work.