The increasing of the level of employment of citizens with established disability group is an actual task for our country in current time and in perspective. Nowadays, the indicators of level of employment of the disabled are rather low along with high level of unemployment. To increase level of participation of the disabled in employment at the state level the number of measures is implemented. The article presents evaluation of the potential employing the disabled, considering their diseases, severity of disability group, gender, age and socioeconomic characteristics. The prognosis regarding future need in workplaces for the disabled and evaluation of key trends in this issue is given. Despite the fact that the total number of the disabled decreases in recent years this does not decreases actuality of issue of their employment. Considering current trends,increase in the number of the disabled of group III as well as disabled children is prognosticated. The specificity and character of prevailing diseases causing disability in children, exacerbate the issue of expanding possibilities for social employment. The particular attention in developing program to increase employment of the disabled is be paid also to veterans of military operations, whose diseases require organization of special conditions and programs of social and psychological adaptation.

the disabled, disabled children, employment, labor market, prognosis, social employment..