Labor Department Listen Tour Targets Employment for Disabled

posted on Jan 27 by Stacy in the Disability News category

Improving the job prospects for the disabled is the target of the US Labor Department listening tour. They are also focusing on gathering information on what programs are working. On Wednesday, the “Tour” pulled into the Pennsylvania Convention Center in center city Philadelphia. Keith Williams, a wheelchair bound advocate for the disabled, stated “Sometimes the public — or employers, mainly — think that people with disabilities might be suited to different jobs like computer system work, information systems work, or something behind a desk when, actually, if you think a little creatively and outside the box, people with disabilities can be well suited for any kind of a job.” Kathy Martinez, the Labor Departments assistant secretary for disability employment believes that there’s been a lot of progress made over the last twenty years but more needs to be done to improve job opportunities and services for people with disabilities.