[lbo-talk] jobs for the disabled & microenterprises

[Jim Devine]

>  From what I understand the "One Stop" employment centers have
> largely replaced the Dept of Rehab as far as employment is
> concerned.  There has been privatization of disability employment.
> The Dept of Rehab is notoriously bad at getting people into jobs but
> I'm certain that a lot of it has to do with the unwillingness of
> employers to hire disabled workers.  As I said before disabled are on
> the bottom floor of the reserve army.  Even the blind disabled who
> have government contracts to provide food, what have you, hire
> nondisabled workers.
> Marta

right. the employers need education & pressure.
--
Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence
of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles