This paper seeks to address four issues: (1) In the context of a household survey, does there now exist an  appropriate method for measuring changes in the employment status of individuals with disabilities?  (2) based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, what have been the recent changes in the employment rate of individuals with disabilities?  (3) what are the relationships  between disability, employment, and participation in the major programs that are designed to provide benefits to individuals with disabilities?,  and (4) does disability status appear to affect the likelihood that individuals will participate in programs that are not identified as  > disability =  programs?