To support its work, the NTAR Leadership Center conducted a national research study on employer and market-driven initiatives to recruit, hire, train, and retain people with disabilities entitled, “Ready and Able: Addressing Labor Market Needs and Building Productive Careers for People with Disabilities – Models for Innovation.”

Chapter 1, Challenging the Conventional Wisdom: National Employer Collaborations comprises two profiles of large national companies that organized local partnerships with service agencies to support disability employment initiatives.