Although the right to adequate education and the right to work are among the fundamental human rights which are proclaimed and guaranteed by many international documents, in reality for many people with disabilities they are unattainable. Inadequate education in ineraction with health problems which people with disabilities have, prejudices and trends in the modern labor market in most cases leads to unemployment of persons with disabilities. Unemployment leads to the worse financial status of persons with disabilities that obstruct them further in their independence and contribute to their social exclusion. After the introductory part we will talk about the position of students with disabilities in Croatian educational system for that purpouse we will use available scientific literature and statistical data about their status in the primary, secondary and higher education, in the end of this part of our article we give some suggestions for its improvement. In the second part of article we will briefly describe the institute of vocational rehabilitation that as a bridge between education and employment systems should assist entry, returned and retention of people with disabilities in the labor market. In the third part of the article we analyze the position of persons with disabilities in the labor market and suggest measures for its improvement.