HIRING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: GOOD FOR BUSINESS, by Elizabeth Kelleher
I. GUARDING THE RIGHTS OF ALL
This section describes various aspects of the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and how it has, according to President Bush's 2006 proclamation, "played a significant role in enhancing the quality of life for millions of Americans."
Companies are learning that employing people with disabilities has a positive impact on business and that making accommodations generally is less costly than expected. Elizabeth Kelleher is a staff writer for the U.S. Department of State in the Bureau of International Information Programs.
Her writing begins:
In 1998, a Belgian student named Sacha Klein left Brussels to spend a semester at a U.S. university. He ended up enrolling as a four-year student, graduating with a computer-science degree, and landing a summer internship at Virginia-based consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, where management liked him enough to offer him a full-time position. Today, he designs information systems for Booz Allen, studies toward a master's degree in business, and dreams of someday being his own boss.
He is deaf.
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Information Assumed Accurate On: Jan 11, 2007
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