Even before the pandemic, the employment rate for people with disabilities hovered around 30 percent compared to 70 percent for people with no disability, according to the NYS People with Disabilities Employment Task Force.
ALMOST EVERYBUSINESS ANDINDUSTRY ISEFFECTED BY THEPANDEMIC.... AND THEECONOMIC FALLOUT ISDEVESTATING ACROSSTHE BOARD.....AS PART OF OURREBOUND BUFFALOINITIATIVE --WE'RE FOCUSING ONGETTING YOU BACK TOWORK.....BUT THAT IS ALOT EASIER FOR SOMEPEOPLE THANOTHERS.... 7-EWNREPORTER ALLAERRIBI TONIGHT WITHTHE DREADFULSITUATION NOWFACING MANY PEOPLEIN NEW YORKSUFFERING FROMDISSABILITIES...EVEN BEFORE THEPANDEMIC, THEEMPLOYMENT RATEFOR PEOPLE WITHDISABILITIES HOVEREDAROUND 30 PERCENTCOMPARED TO 70PERCENT FOR PEOPLEWITH NO DISABILITY,ACCORDING TO THENYS PEOPLE WITHDISABILITIESEMPLOYMENT TASKFORCE.MEMBERS ANDADVOCATES SAYAFTER THE PANDEMIC,THE CRISIS BECAME ACATASTROPHE."WE'RE VERYFRUSTRATED WITHTHE RATE OFEMPLOYMENT FORPEOPLE WITHDISABILITIES.
STILL WEHAVE NO TRACTIONWITH GETTINGPEOPLE MORE JOBS,"PEOPLE WITHDISABILITIES AREOFTEN NOT ABLE TOGETEMPLOYMENT..THEYFACE DISCRIMINATION,AND ARE AMONG THEFIRST TO BE LAID OFFIN A DOWNTURN."WHEN I WASYOUNGER I WANTEDTO WORK, BUT EVENTHOUGH I HAD ADIPLOMA AND HADGONE TO COLLEGE IWAS TOLD THAT THEONLY PLACE FOR MEWAS A SHELTEREDWORKSHOP.
I KNEW IFI WENT TO AWORKSHOP IT WOULDBE HARD TO ACHIEVEFINDINGEMPLOYMENT."JANICE BARTLEY SAYSSHE COULDN'T FIND AJOB AND WASFRUSTRATED.
BUT SHEWENT ON TO GET AMEDICAL BILLINGCERTIFICATE AND GOTA JOB AS A PUBLICSPEAKER."FROM THAT POINT ONI STOPPED SETTLINGFOR THINGS THATWASN'T RIGHT FORME.""GROWING UP IN MYGENERATION, PEOPLEWITH ADEVELOPMENTAL ORPHYSICAL DISABILITYWEREN'T EXPECTEDTO WORK.
WE WEREEXPECTED TO STAYHOME AND COLLECT AMONTHLY CHECKFROM THEGOVERNMENTINSTEAD.""DISCRIMINATION ANDA HIGHUNEMPLOYMENT RATEFOR PEOPLE WITHDISABILITIES IS NOTNEW TO PEOPLE WITHDISABILITIES.
THEEMPLOYMENT RATEHOVERS AT AROUND30 PERCENT.
NOT THEUNEMPLOYMENTRATE, THEEMPLOYMENT RATE."THERE'S NOW A PUSHTO CHANGE THAT.ASSEMBLYMEMBERHARVEY EPSTEIN ISSPONSORING A BILL TOIMPROVE THE 70PERCENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEAMONG NEWYORKERS WITHDISABILITIES, BYHIRING QUALIFIEDPEOPLE IN STATEGOVERNMENT."PEOPLE WITHDISABILITIES OFFERSO MUCH TO US INOUR SOCIETY, ANDJUST GIVEN THE RIGHTSUPPORT ANDCIRCUMSTANCES,THEY COULD BEAMAZINGLYPRODUCTIVEMEMBERS OF OURSOCIETY AND GIVEBACK IN SO MANYTHOUGHT-PROVOKINGWAYS,"THE BILL ISCURRENTLY INCOMMITTEE.IN BUFFALO, ALAERREBHI, 7 EWN.
It's legislation that prohibits discrimination against those with mental and physical disabilities when it comes to thinks like..
