WEST ORANGE, N.J. - Megan Helsel, a kayaking wildlife specialist, has her dream job, and T’angelo Magee is making headway toward his, a commercial pilot. Both say work is central to their identity. Both are disabled.
Labor Day on Sept. 2 may be the first time the disabled regain an employment rate that was upended by the 2008 Great Recession. “The recent uptick is basically ‘the full employment story’ - it makes firms look at other populations they haven’t previously considered,” said Andrew Houtenville, economics associate professor at University of New Hampshire.
New technology has helped Helsel and other disabled people to get on an employer’s payroll. Widely-used apps include Venmo, which allows mobility-challenged workers to easily bill customers, and iPhone’s VoiceOver, which lets visually impaired workers conduct business. It is part of a two-year strengthening of the job market for disabled Americans, a rebound from the 2008 recession, which obliterated jobs for disabled workers at a faster rate than for those without disabilities, said John O’Neill, director of employment and disability research at Kessler Foundation.While workers without disabilities also suffered job losses, they regained pre-recession employment rates by June 2017 and, maintaining momentum, their job numbers are higher than ever.
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OUR MISSION AT IS TO BUILD THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT ENDS FAKE NEWS
That’s because we need more money to survive
For we Chinese can have many america have obesity disable in America and haven't can join work force and some other stuffs so they must claim money from Trump to buy they hamburger and potatoes french-fry
Trump will now claims he knows more about disability than those who are disabled. Because that’s what he does and his supporters will yell yeah hell yeah
Doesn't surprise me. I truly admire the actually disabled. And have absolutely no respect for selfish human garbage who live off the state.
And many of us end up making too much money and loose Medicaid extra help then can’t afford life with the medical bills.
Under a system that requires you to pay your way, a job should be an entitlement. Yet people disagree, usually the same people that yell 'work-shy' when presented with someone that is forced to go without.
Tight ? I see help wanted signs all over the place !!
You can hate Trump he knows how to create jobs