A Supply and Demand Perspective on the Workforce Crisis in Intellectual Disability
A Supply and Demand Perspective on the Workforce Crisis in Intellectual Disability
Scott Spreat
Social Innovations Journal. 2022. Vol 13
The contemporary Direct Support Professional workforce crisis in the intellectual disability
industry was examined from a supply and demand perspective. It was suggested that because
provider agencies have little control over the prices they receive for the services they provide,
they are unable to create an equilibrium between the demand for and supply of Direct Support
Professionals. Fixed governmental prices were suggested as a root cause of the crisis.