USA: Since passing of ADA, employed disbled people declined

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Since 1990, when the ADA was passed, the percentage of disabled people who were employed has dropped by half!

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot ... ndmark-law

That is why passing laws is overrated. You have to have the public support also. Unlike 25 years ago there is more fear of difference now Fear of lawsuits, regulations, fear of mass killers etc.

...Whose statistic ?
Bluntly , the amount of " low-skill " jobs , which disabled people tend to have , has gone down in general anyway .




eficii"]Since 1990, when the ADA was passed, the percentage of disabled people who were employed has dropped by half!

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot ... ndmark-law[/quote]

That's lovely but is there any connection?

It has seemed like to me more people with disabilities such as Asperger's and intellectual impairment were employed back in the days and now today less are employed because times have changed. Let's see, places used to hire anyone and you didn't really need social skills to work. Now people prefer to hire professionals, you need degrees now, experience, references, cover letters, because they want to be sure they are not hiring a criminal and they want to be sure you are legitimate and that weeds out people with autism, social anxiety, etc.

Sure we may have a law that discriminates against disabilities, people will still find loop holes so they will have personality tests, have things like "Must be able to multi task, work flexible hours, have good communication" to weed us out. You would better be good for an aspie.

And this I also agree with:

Companies used to hire hard workers, today they mostly like to hire happy sales and marketing type BS people with great social skills...

All the more reason to lie by omission if you can "pass."

All the more reason to make your own job if you can remotely figure out how.

All the more reason to cultivate the skill of being poor while not getting thrown in jail, freezing, or starving to death.

One wonders if it isn't a really masterfully executed eugenicist conspiracy. Force as many people as possible onto welfare, wait for the economic collapse, blame it all on the entitlement structure, and let the mob mentality take care of the rest. Hitler might ultimately have failed, but I gotta say one thing for the bastards: They learn from their mistakes.

My family has a very rare neurological disease that makes us look like we're drunk. My great uncle showed signs as a younger adult, like I did, and since this was pre-ADA, he'd just get fired because his employers would assume he was drunk or on drugs. When I started showing symptoms, I'd hide it until my trial period was over then bring a doctor's note into HR and to my boss. Then it was too late for them to find another reason to get rid of me.

In many ways people think it helps more than it does. People can and will discriminate against you before you get hired. Women still get paid less than men and non-whites don't get paid as much or hired as much as whites. Of course disabled people will also be discriminated against. But there are ways in which it helps tremendously. Your employer HAS to accommodate any physical problems you have, which can then make social issues more tolerable. It just all depends.

Thanks for posting this Beneficii. Very interesting.

Maybe thye were employed in sheltered workshops that paid less than minimum wage? Or were they paid less than minimum wage because they were on welfare so they were officially unemployed? Sorry; not sure how these things work.