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Scott,
I will try to answer some of what you ask. To the best of my knowledge
there is no legal requirement for a business to create jobs for people with
disabilities. The only legal requirement is that every person regardless
of disabilities be given the opportunity to apply for and compete for all
jobs offered by any company.
In small companies the opportunities for employment are more restricted
because most hiring is done to enhance the entire organization by bringing
in only people who fill voids in the experience needs of that company.
With technology, I could see some disabled individuals who had high levels
of overall Web page, e-commerce skills that may make them the most
desirable employee. Their disability, may by its nature, allow them to
have a more narrow focus on some job related specific responsibilities.
Many time those of us in small businesses are required to wear many hats
thus not permitting us to be experts or time to do detail work in any one
area. Another trouble in small companies is that you do not have a luxury
of extra time to train anyone. Most small business owners will work 10-12
hour days six or seven days a week at least for the first five years. In
most cases, when they hire, they need to bring on board the experenced
problem solvers if the organization is to grow. Internship programs in
small companies often face the same constraints as small companies just
don't have time or resources to train.
The competitive nature of most business is such that all want to have
employees that show up on time, every day, bring value and contribute to
the organization with their presents. That a paycheck is not the reason
their people work but the payment for the value the person's presents
added. When these qualities along with the necessary technical skills are
available by people with disabilities they can move to the head of the
hiring list if the communication to make that fact know is in place.
Paul Double
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Every day is a competitive , >Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 23:00:28 -0600
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>Subject: [Winona] trying again
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>(new topic: employment of people with disabilities)
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>My first attempt at introducing this topic didn't provoke any response, so
>I'm going to try again. Maybe I jumped in with too much detail. Let me
>simply ask a few questions and not offer any of my opinions.
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>1) Do community employers have any responsibility to try to find ways to
>hire people with disabilities? What about if we only consider young adults,
>just getting started in the workforce? What responsibilities does the
>business community have for their employment?
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>2) What are the predominant attitudes in the community about people with
>disabilities working in integrated work settings, possibly in the public
>eye, versus employing them in sheltered settings where they don't interact
>much with non-handicapped co-workers or with the general public?
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>I've already written too much about what I think in my previous posting.
>I'm interested in knowing what people think about these questions.
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>Scott Lowery
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>"You can fool too many of the people too much of the time." James Thurber
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