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A 5 page paper which examines the Americans with Disabilities Act and discusses how an employer could benefit from hiring someone with disabilities. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the workplace and many other places in the nation. While many people argue today that this act is taken advantage of through people with drug addictions or people with strong
mental disabilities, such as someone with schizophrenia, seeking and keeping jobs despite problems that occur, the act has primarily served to help people get employment despite disabilities. The following paper
examines this act and illustrates how and why hiring people with disabilities can be, and is, very beneficial for employers. Americans with Disabilities Act According to a recent
census account, "There are more than 51 million people who have some level of disability -- about 18 percent of the population. Twelve percent have a severe disability" (Profile America
(US Census Bureau Podcasts), 2007). There are approximately 1.8 million people who cannot see, and then 1 million who do not have the ability to hear (Profile America (US Census
Bureau Podcasts), 2007). The Americans with Disabilities Act, according to this author, was implemented so that equal opportunities would be available "for the disabled across the spectrum of employment, transportation
and services, as well as access to public and commercial facilities" (Profile America (US Census Bureau Podcasts), 2007). One of the problems in society, in relationship to hiring people with
disabilities, is having an environment wherein a person with a particular disability could work. For example, a blind person may require materials, instruments, and machines that would enable them to
do the job. They may be perfectly capable, and even more than capable of, doing a particular job but without sight and without the proper equipment they may be unable
to perform a job. And, as an employer there may not be the funds to get such equipment. However, in most cases the statistics indicate that making allowances and changes
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