An exploration of access and treatment discrimination and job satisfactionamong college graduates with and without physical disabilities

The current study explored the extent to which college graduates with and w ithout physical disabilities reported experiencing discrimination in their overall work histories. Results suggested that respondents with disabilitie s reported experiencing significantly more access discrimination than respo ndents without disabilities and that the specific type of physical disabili ty influenced the extent of access discrimination experienced. There were n o significant differences in the extent of treatment discrimination experie nced by individuals with and without disabilities. The current study also e xplored the level of job satisfaction reported by currently employed respon dents with and without physical disabilities. Results indicated that access discrimination significantly reduced current job satisfaction, and, when i t was statistically controlled, individuals with disabilities reported marg inally higher levels of job satisfaction than individuals without physical disabilities. These and other results are presented and their implications are discussed.