In response to the need for up-to-date information on employment opportunities for handicapped people in the leisure occupations, a national survey was conducted to determine both existing levels of employment and employer practices. The survey was sent to 500 agencies and businesses representing four leisure occupational subclusters: travel, tourism, and hospitality; leisure entertainment products and enterprises; resource based services; and community based recreation and park services. Based on 155 responses, the findings include the following: (1) 43% of the respondents hired the handicapped on a full-time basis; (2) agencies in the community-based recreation subcluster hired the largest percentage of handicapped individuals; (3) the majority of agencies employing the handicapped on a full-time basis were agencies with large numbers of employees; (4) while 70% of the respondents hired employees on a part-time basis, only 17% hired the handicapped; (5) while 66% of the respondents hired employees on a seasonal basis, only 15% hired the handicapped; (6) 75% of the respondents hired handicapped individuals at the lowest three levels (unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled), and (7) although 65% of the respondents advocated the employment of handicapped persons, there is a sizable gap between this position and their actual employment practices. (Job families, hierarchy of sample jobs, and resource references for each of the four subclusters are appended.) (EM)