American Workforce and Disabled Individuals

As pointed out by the economist Douglas Kruse, the employment of one million more people with disabilities will lead to the annual increase in $21.2 billion of earned income; a $1.2 billion decrease in means-tested cash income payments and a $1.8 billion decrease in Supplemental Security Income (qtd. in Hunt and Hunt 267). Companies can also benefit from having a diverse group of qualified employees who are less likely to move from job to job. Employees with disabilities, as compared with their non-disabled colleagues, also tend to have "lower rates of absenteeism,… and equal or higher performance ratings" (Hunt and Hunt 268). From a social perspective, providing employment to people w

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