Segregated and Exploited: The Failure of the Disability Service System to Provide Quality Work

[Guest guest]

FYI

The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) has been studying segregated work, sheltered environments, and the sub-minimum wage to determine whether they meet the needs of people with disabilities and whether they comply with federal law. Unfortunately, what we found was disappointing to say the least.

The product of this study is our call to action:

Segregated & Exploited: The Failure of the Disability Service System to Provide Quality Work.¡¬

This call to action is long over-due. It is time to end segregated work, sheltered employment and sub-minimum wage. Now.

Through this report, NDRN casts a spotlight on the problems of segregated work, sheltered environments, and sub-minimum wages. This report identifies the barriers to employment that people with disabilities face and dispels myths about their capability to be fully employed, equally compensated, and an integral member of American workplaces and communities. It illustrates a systemic failure to provide hope and opportunity to young people with disabilities who want to transition into traditional work but instead wind up trapped in a sheltered workshop with little chance for something different.

NDRN strives to create a society in which people with disabilities are afforded equal opportunity and are able to fully participate by exercising choice and self determination. It promotes the integrity and capacity of the P & A/CAP national network by providing training, technical assistance, legislative advocacy, and legal support. NDRN advocates for the enactment and vigorous enforcement of laws protecting the civil and human rights of people with disabilities. Reports, like this one, are an integral part of the services NDRN provides to the P & A/CAP network and the disability rights movement in general.

Please visit www.NDRN.org

for more information.

1 of 1 File(s)

Segregated-and-Exploited v18.pdf