Long Term Outcomes

However, some tax payers raise this question: how are the PWID helping the society? Since State and Federal funded rehabilitation agencies with more qualified and specialized professionals are trying to work closely with their clients around their disabilities which is helping individuals develop new skills according to their potential and ability. Due to the more accessibility to Public agencies, more people with disabilities are likely have better access to education where they can obtain appropriate knowledge and develop skills that will help them prepare to explore the job market and launch and maintain a job of their choice. These factors are helping PWID live a productive life where they can contribute to the society at large by exercising their fullest potential and abilities and achieving intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction which is the epitome of “quality life”.

A. Disability legislation increases the recognition of actively involving individuals with a disability into community based projects and adapting mainstream projects for the involvement of others with a disability. This encourages inclusion for disabled individuals into the community and helps with other factors such as disabled access for wheelchair users and individuals with impaired mobility in the likes of schools and universities as well as local shops and community centres. Encouraging inclusion of disabled individuals into the community “normalizes” disability and encourages a positive

As the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act approaches later this month, it is clear that many of the fears of the business community failed to materialize. In the first five years of the act, there was no wave of business failures tied to compliance; no wave of unqualified applicants whom businesses were forced to hire; no wave of workers suddenly claiming disability due to a bad back; and no wave of lawsuits that inundated businesses with the burden of undue legal costs. (ADA.gov, 1995). In fact, tax subsidies provided in the act helped many businesses afford to make necessary access accommodations as well as to provide other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, and the positive ramifications have been considerable. Up to 45 percent of the disabled population now hold jobs and are contributing to the economy, (Brault, 2012).

Having workers with disabilities can be beneficial to organizations. Sotoa & Kleiner, 2013, recommend to incorporate disability into the agency’s diversity statement, increase supervisor knowledge of the employment of people with

A new policy that can be considered to help address the issues of hiring people with disabilities is creating a People with Disabilities Preference Act. The People with Disabilities Preference Act would give individuals with disabilities a better overall rating when applying for jobs, based on their disability. This new policy would give points based off a medically documented disability, 5-point for a person with one disability and 10 points for a person with two or more disabilities. Going to a point system for applicants can track where people scored rate in their interview or missed due to not being qualified. By enacting the preference points and requiring companies to track and report why they did not

Persons with intellectual disabilities have also see a significant increase in life expectancy, and are more likely to outlive their caregiver. Workers with long-term disability see a significant decline in employment beginning in the 40-49 age range, while their non-disabled counterparts do not typically see a decline until 10-20 years later (Mitchel, Adkins, & Kemp, 2006). According to Brown and Johnson (2014), the vocational rehabilitation system has served very few of these workers, with poor outcomes. Although this group is a smaller population than those older workers with age acquired disabilities, they appear to be underserved by vocational rehabilitation and deserve

The article “Providing Work Opportunities for People with Disabilities Benefits Economy and Society” was published on

The role of the government in giving decent employment to people with intellectual disabilities is immense. In the United Kingdom, for example, the Department of found out that 7% of adults with learning disabilities were able to engage in some form of paid employment. The vast majority of this labour force is comprised of part-time work. The British Association for Supported Employment was a program that has been successfully implemented for decades as a personalised model for giving support to people with significant intellectual disabilities to secure and retain paid employment. This government program uses a partnership strategy to help people with disabilities to achieve a sustainable and long-term employment. It also helped businesses

A) Adjust applicant pool in such a way to ultimately enroll the students that meet your strategic goals.

.Advance the equality of opportunity's for those who share protected characteristics and those who don't

I agree with the author that compensation model is unsatisfactory when addressing people with disabilities. According to the author, the government is assumed to be responsible for providing financial consideration for people with a disability to make them whole” (Pg. 44). I agree that it is the government’s responsibility to put into place reasonable accommodations to help people with a disability improve their economic conditions (Pg. 45). Unfortunately the burden has been place on the government’s shoulders.

Disability is issue that require both the motivation and global mobility of all public and private sectors. It is the issue is not limited to the individual role, but is an issue the entire community. They need more attention by creating suitable environment and providing education and work for them. Therefore, the US government issued legislation and laws to save disability rights. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it required to provide reasonable accommodation, which include suitable and work environment to create equal opportunities and benefits like others.

Nationally, the poverty and employment situation for DD people is concerning. O'Day, & Livermore, & Imparato, (2006), researched poverty for people with developmental disabilities. O'Day, &

* In assisting them to achieve positive outcome the services focus on the achievement of the positive outcomes for people with disabilities, such as increased independence, employment opportunities and integration into the community.

The topic of disabled people being employed has been long avoided. In the world, employment is critical for people with disabilities. Do you remember the last time you went to the grocery store and noticed a person with disabilities working there? Usually disabled people do not have jobs , no matter how eager they are to work. Disabilities can cause individuals to face challenges in many areas of their lives. Our country is being weighed down by the lack of knowledge of disabled people. They should be treated the same and with equality. In society, most people seem to forget this simple fact, that the disabled are people too. People with disabilities deserve the opportunity to be productive citizens and become a part of the workforce due to conventions, the Disabilities Act of 1990, and The Employment Development Department.