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Share Your Story: Have You Gone Back To Work After Being On Disability?

Katherine Du
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NPR

Updated Aug. 15

More Americans are going back to work after being on Social Security Disability Insurance. If you or someone you know has made such a move — or is considering it — we want to hear from you.

Tell us what prompted the decision. What are the challenges? The pluses and the minuses?

The rise of people with disabilities re-entering the workforce is part of a larger trend of workers coming off the sideline to help fuel the growing U.S. economy. And with unemployment at near-record lows, businesses need all the help they can get.

Please fill out the form and a reporter might contact you.

This form was closed on April 19.

Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities.