Yes.
Concerning student employment, much greater emphasis and resources must be invested in kids who have disabilities. Students with disabilities are also shut out of the labour market. They graduate from high schools, colleges, and universities without any work experience on their resumés. We must get kids engaged at 15 and 16 years of age in summer jobs and part-time after-school jobs so they can gain the valuable work experience they need to learn workplace culture and life skills, and to establish career goals and paths. A 2012 U.S. study found that the number one indicator of successful labour market attachment for people with severe disabilities upon graduation from school was having had a paid job while in school.
We have experienced that first-hand through the Rotary at Work initiative. In 2010 we were approached by a young man, Adam, who, due to his disability, had never worked. He had been called to the bar in 2004 as a fully qualified lawyer. He had never worked not only in his profession but in any job, and was willing to serve coffee if that's what it took.
We were fortunate to get Adam connected with Deloitte, where he was eventually hired in one of their legal departments. His manager, however, clearly stated that they went out on a limb for Adam, and that he was sorely lacking in the soft skills and had a poor understanding of workplace culture.