Obama’s Wage Hike For Federal Contractors Won’t Apply to Disabled Workers

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83. I would like to see a better system for assessing the disabled and employing them

I don't think that shoving them into routine, rote jobs is a good general solution.

I would like to see an assessment based on Gardeners multiple intelligences employed. There are 12 different kinds of intelligences: verbal, math, visual spatial, kinesthetic, spiritual, social, etc. regular iq tests take into account People should be sorted according to their strengths first. Then their disabilities need to be accounted for.

Ideally, I would like to see workplaces planned around the principles of universal design. Universal design tries to make things accessible to as many people as possible. Think ipad. There is a lot going on with accessibility these days. There are visually guided computers and even brain computer interfaces being developed.

There are some disabled who are uniquely suited to routine, rote jobs and some who would be if adequate accommodations or equipment redesign is permitted. But not everyone.

I don't see why people who have a lot of social intelligence should be put in routine jobs that require a lot of hand eye coordination. They would be better off as counselors, for example.

I'd also like to see our workplaces change from the dog eat dog to a more caring environment. I think the Amish have it right. There is a lot of developmentally delayed people in the community but they find a spot for them in the workforce.

I think people should be paid a living wage. Even if you are disabled. I think income requirements on access to services should be abolished. It keeps people chained to situations that aren't right for them.

If people can't participate in a capitalistic environment (and I think that May be true for some severely compromised individuals where their strengths can not be adequately supported from a cost effective manner), I think they should work in a non profit where the subsidies and supports needed go towards a greater good for society rather than a corporations bottom line.