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Why including people with disabilities in the workforce and higher education benefits everyone

  • Written by Lauren Shallish, Associate Professor of Disability Studies in Education, Rutgers University - Newark
imageThe employment rate for people with disabilities is about half that of nondisabled people.Johner Images via Getty Images

Whether it’s declaring that blindness prevents government employees from doing their jobs or suggesting that hiring workers with intellectual disabilities contributed to Federal Aviation Administration safety lapses, the...

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