Discussion for article #238890
“In 2012, the employment rate among people with disabilities was an abysmal 18 percent.”
There are many reasons for this. The law has, until quite recently, worked against many poor disabled who wanted to rise out of poverty. Commuter options for those unable to drive are insufficient. Some employers fear the cost to accommodate will be burdensome or that they will be sued. Other employers don’t want to be bothered with accommodating anybody, and still others are located in inaccessible venues. Job training programs do not always accommodate the disabled, either. I’ll stop there, as I think I’ve made my point.
None of this is going to rapidly change just because the disabled get included in the Civil Rights Act. Heck, the people who ARE included under it still experience a myriad of problems.
I agree it’s a laudable goal, but the author does not provide a road map for getting it to happen nor does he address all the work that would still remain to be done afterwards. If he has ideas, they would be worth expressing.