* 15% of Australians of working age have a disability

* 88% of disabilities are invisible

* 18% of the population has a disability

* 65% of Australians with a disability are employed

* 79% had a better than average attendance rate with a 72% retention rate

* In Victoria 4% of workers with a disability claimed for accidents compared with 14.7% of workers without disabilities

* 98% of workers with a disability have an average rate of work safety

* 90% of employers incur no additional cost for employing people with disabilities

* 53% of people with disabilities between 15 & 64 years were employed in 2003, compared with 81% of people without disabilities

* 8.6% of people with disabilities were unemployed (that is, they were seeking work) compared with 5% of people without disabilities